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I picked this easy route over the Meidpass as an introduction to ski touring for Jason who’s staying with us right now. It’s a very short and easy ascent and quite a reasonable descent.

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I’ve wanted to ski this line for ages but either conditions weren’t right on the day or I had other plans so with some great spring conditions and some fairly ideal touring conditions I grabbed the chance today. It’s a PD+ route from the CAS guide (number 469) and basically leaves the top of the lift system in Grimentz skirting Becs de Bosson heading via the lac de Lona to the Col de Torrent before heading down to the barrage de Moiry. There’s a trade route from Zinal that drops into the same location in fact.

The col de Torrent is visible in the centre of the right photograph which was taken near Lac Lona.

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After a mid-morning start I decided to take a trip round to the Cabane des Becs de Bosson basically to get some lunch and ski back down again.

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Originally I’d planned to go for a tour today but it snowed fairly heavily overnight and visibility was awful this morning so I just went out to enjoy the powder. As is normal in powder the run over to Grimentz was sensational with very few tracks on it and the sun finally broke through as I was arriving in Grimentz.

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