Friday was a short trip to the Fontaine de la Mer with Michel (we did the Pourri together a couple of seasons back and Alex).

After climbing to the Tabor we contemplated the entry

Michel went first, the snow was variable, transformed and breakable crust.

Alex and Michel in the second half of the couloir

and here we are looking back up

A climb back up the east face to the ridge and here we contemplate the lakes, interestingly two are frozen and one isn’t

Michel jumping the shark

and here on the less steep west face (Piquet des Nantes/Grande Serre)