Dave and I would try out our touring bindings and skins on the ski de frond piste, the others would hire XC skis.
The piste went along the valley past the mer de glace camp site that we had visited together on one of our summer alpine visits.
We also got a good sight of the helicopters taking off from the base by the camp site.
The experiment was not really a success.. the touring skis are so much heavier and the skins do not glide as easily. the tracks are a little narrow, but our skis were not like later "fatter" models.
