Saint Christophe

so i,ll just skip over the Pan de rideuex, which was in between la vut and St.c. Suffice to say, there was no photo opps readily available, due to my hands being required fairly constantly, and even if they wernt, there was no chance i was taking my gloves off in -20c. anyways, a nice relaxing day was on the menu after the Pan. bring on St. Christophe. This was a classic buy 1 get two free. massive desecnt from the top of the lift, with great lunch in a rustic french village.

at the lift, Soph spots her fashion idol...

Girose glacier lift in action finally....

wee bit of hiking required to get to the skis-on point, but not a lot!

looking South over the Ecrins

down down, u take me down...

woopeee!

traverse traveser trarsevseres!!

fling skis over river...

beware, skiers crossing.....

almost there!

Lunch!!

after lunch we got a free bus down too the bottom of the ski resort of les 2 alpes, a megalopolis of horriblesness. from here we can ride the lifts up and walk a bit and then ski home.

after half an hour of argueing, Raphael the frenchman from LG convinced the fasicts at les 2 alpes to let us on the lift back home for free. good man Raph!! but we were really late to get back up top and were worries that the top glacier lift was closed. rush rush, mucho q jumping, i upset a few posh english wifeys by jumping over the barriers on the lift Q. 20 or so la gravians on the fattest skis les 2 alpes had seen for weeks, and with funny beeeper things and helmets too!! all fun.

the les 2 alpes glacier lift...

cheers go up when we see the romanche valley! phew, that was pretty horrid having to deal with les 2 alpes circus de ski.

Benjo and Soph almost home, only 2200 vertical metres to the bar :-) :-)