We parked at the bend where there was places that lead to the footpath going into the hills. We first had to get up to the end of the ridge and then from there find the start...
From the valley this looked perfectly feasible, however once we turned the corner of the ridge, the snow became deeper and softer ..There was no sign of the start of the route, and an attempt to head on the obvious traverse was objectively very dangerous. Better judgement prevailed and we turned around.
With our tails firmly between our legs we went back to the others. For the afternoon we had a little explore of the Queryas range. We drove to the border with Italy and looked over to Mont Viso, than back via the Chateau perched on the rock.