Leysin, Sunday 16th March
23rd March 2008
This was a warm up day before starting a multiday tour so our target was a small peak in the Leysin area, the Tour de Famelon where I’ve hiked in the summer (blog entry). This is a straightforward ascent although the last few metres we roped up and used ice axes and crampons to make the actual summit, mostly just for practise though.
Although it was sunny just as we started to climb really the weather wasn’t too good, high winds shut the main telecabine all day and it was a bit wild in places climbing up. The descent was pretty good with some mixed but generally good snow.
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