Aiguille Verte Summit! Route: Whymper Couloir .
With constant unstable weather plaguing the Alps this June, we had been looking for a window of opportunity for this climb. The 'Aiguille Verte' at 4122m/13,523ft is a temperature/condition dependent mountain, as we were planning to climb the 'Whymper Coulouir', which is steep and needs to refreeze overnight. So with a tiny weather window and a small chance of the temps being low enough, we headed up to the Couvercle Refuge, situated in the magnificent cirque on the 'Glacier
Mont Blanc climb and epic ski descent!
An epic summit day on the Mont Blanc!!! The weather had been tricky all week and we were debating whether or not to head up. Still, we ascended up to the Grand Mulet refuge in thunder and a hail storm, with hope that the weather forecast was correct....a tiny window for us to go up the next day:) We woke up at midnight and the snow was swirling around. We went back to sleep and then at 2am the skies cleared and we were ready to go! We skinned up the mountain on our skis, as f
