This was probably the first steep ski mountaineering line that I did in the Chamonix valley. I hooked up with Graham Frost who had been in the area for a couple of years and knew the place well.

Col de Cristaux Col de Cristaux Col de Cristaux

Then the battery went flat. The slope is the large one to the right of the rocky peak. There is about 1050m of climbing to get to the top of the slope and it getsĀ  a 5.1 grade.

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