Mont Blanc from le Tour. The Gouter route follows the skyline right to left. Aiguille du Gouter, Dome de Gouter, les Bosses and summit!
Training climb on the Aiguille du Tour
On Pointe Lachenal with the Aiguille du Midi behind. An ideal acclimatising and training day above 3600m.
Leaving the train at Nid d'Aigle to start the walk to the Tete Rousse hut.
Walking to Tete Rousse
Phew! Arriving at the Gouter hut, 3800m.
Dawn on the Bosses ridge.
Just above the Bosses at dawn with the summit shadow behind us.
The summit from the Dome de Gouter. Vallot hut visible bottom left. Only 3 hours to go!
The summit and Bosses ridge from the Vallot hut. 2 hours to go...
Dawn looking up the Bosses ridge
Windy weather approaching the top from the Gouter. The last 20 minutes.
The summit ridge
Arriving at the top with no-one else around.
...and the top!
The top!
The team on top.
...at last!
Cold but happy team on top
Panorama from the summit
Looking back down the Gouter route from the top. Vallot hut is just visible.
Looking back at the Cosmiques route and Mont Maudit.
Col de la Brenva on the way up the "Trois Monts" route
The summit ridge - 10 minutes to the top
Leaving the top on the way back to the Gouter hut
Descending the Gouter ridge
