After our little tour the other day around the Roche Olvera Bryon and I had eyed up a slope we thought we could go up to the top.So off to our favourite parking spot, from where we set off up the route to the col de Galibier.
As we climbed up the first slope, with good views back down the valley.
As we got to the top of the initial slopes we cut up right to the ridge line we could see above us.The main problem we encountered was that the slope was south facing, and we had not made allowance for the heat in the sun.
As we got higher on the slope we started to get problems with the snow pack, and we started to worry about the adhesion, and potential avalanche risk.
So we turned around ... this was a good idea as we dropped down the snow was also very soft and the "splendid" lower slopes were a bit heavy, and did not trouble our memories from earlier in the week.Back at the van we reflected on a frustrating day, but we had learned some good lessons, and should have been up earlier.
Tomorrow we would head back home