Driving down the road to find the road head, we paused opposite a house to check the map, it took about 5 mins to work out what we needed to do, but in this time we were approached by a Germanic person from the house and asked to turn the engine off to prevent pollution! With it being frosty outside we needed the heater on otherwise we would loose the appetite to get out!
At the road head we left the car and set off through the woods following a forest track, that contoured around slowly gaining height.
After the track left the forest we headed up a vague ridge to the skyline on the border, towards the obvious peak.
As we gained height we could see a number of parties heading for the col .. it was a very popular simple route used by a lot of the locals.
At the top we could see that it was not often climbed, with most people stopping at the col lower down. We chose to drop down to the col, and make a circuit of the route, as well as see what was so popular.Dropping down to the col reacquainted us with our friend - the breakable crust - however we could find some more stable surfaces by following the wind blown sections.
Down at the col our decisions were vindicated as we found out why the route was so popular... the gentle valley contained some fantastic spring snow, and we had an excellent ski out ... a veritable descent to remember.