A very quick Couloir en Virgule before picking junior up from school with the advantage that I caught the dozen people in front of me on the climb. 35cm of snow had fallen since Sunday morning.

A trip with the Grimpe. The weather didn't look promising in Grenoble. After heavy rain on the road snow started at Beaufort. We parked lower down than les Maisonettes at la Frasse.

From the junction at la Frasse behind the recycling climb the field roughly following the summer path to les Maisonettes (1150) passing by a reservoir at 1200m.

It has snowed consistently over the last couple of weeks and although I didn't expect the forest to be great the rest of the route should be ok.

Huge amount of snow on the runs at St Hilaire today. I was accompanied to the top of the runs by a very intelligent sheep dog who seemed to understand English.Weather: Poor refreeze. Warm.

From les Vials the simplest is to climb to the top of the pistes (watch out for skiers).

Climb to the Col de l'AlpeFrom the village of les Prés take the forest road direction in the direction of Pre Orcel.

Quick trip to show Mike the Comma (Virgule) couloir and the spendid Cirque de l'Aulp du Seuil which are just above his house.

Climb to the summit of the ski runs (watch out for downhill skiers). At the top take the small path the climbs above the ski life to the north-west.

RoutePark just below the milking sheds at the Madone de Fenestre. Follow the path to the NNE on the left bank of the stream. Do not take the path to the south-east which leads to the 5 Lacs.