Wow, great turns today!

So the day dawned bright and clear so we hit up the Grands Montets for a couple of runs off the top tickets lift which was surprisingly untracked!

A 20cm top up over night also helped to smooth things out and with a Backcountry Intro on the go we tooled up and headed out down the Rognons Glacier for the first run. After an extremely dry summer the Glaciers here have been full of holes and its good to see that most of the crevasses are now starting to bridge over. Its obviously still a little nerve racking in places and good route finding and terrain awareness is essential. We headed down right of the Rognon and then cut out left of the ridge below finding great untracked cold and deep powder leading us down and left to the exit couloirs onto the Argentiere Glacier.

The weather was threatening to turn, the forecast said a change was coming so it was then a bit of a race against the coming storm to get back up and check out a quick Pas du Chevre before the light went flat.

The cloud level was still high on the peaks and things looked good so we set of down the right hand variant finding yet again perfect untracked powder all the way down in to the steep couloir. The steep gully was stacked with fresh still and in quick time we were all standing above the massive field of powder that follows the steep section of the descent. No danger here so we all spread out and everyone got their fill riding the whole thing in a one'r till back legs were burning and arms were reaching for the skies.

Fantastic! It doesn't get much better than that in the Pas du Chevre so I'm stoked that we did it today. Even the exit couloir and ride to Cham were the best they've been this season so a great day and big grins all round.

I'm hoping the weather will hold off for some touring tomorrow. It would be good to get out in the Aig Rouge for a day out if the weather is good, if not maybe a Grandes Autannes which is still calling my name and is feasible even when the weather isn't perfect.

We'll see tomorrow, I'm sure it'll be all just fine!

Can't hardly wait!!

Ruth just shouted down to tell me that there aren't many places left on courses so if you see availability and want to get your name down give her a shout!

Neil.