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The Col de Mottes between 2500-2650 is very icy. 5 to 10 cm of fresh snow on a frozen base. Mike did it all on skis (and couteaux), while I climbed the last 50 m with crampons.

We set off to tour around and enjoy the beautiful mountains but finally we just did a return to the Belle Etoile and it was not bad at all.We started at 7am.

After our woodland trip from Bellecombette in the Chartreuse which lacked snow cover this was a catch-up trip to actually do some real skiing. Snow was fairly windblown on the ascent and summit ridge.