Pointe du Haut Fleury, France

Last day in the area, as Chris had a plane to catch, and we needed to deliver him back to the airport in the evening.

A flick through the "white guide" for the area, showed there was an easy route on the back roads to Geneva, in a small area called Haut Fleury. We had not really read much about this are before, so it was a goo opportunity to explore at the same time.

Pointe de Haut Fleury

We drove around to a town called Le Praz de Lys, and were really surprised to find a small ski resort (which has since been closed down it seems). and parked in the car-park, before heading out towards the ridge behind the peak, so we could traverse it.

The lac du Roy was iced over but the shape was still identifiable especially once we were above it.

From here we worked up the to lowest point on the ridge behind the peak, before turning and following the ridge back.

There were a number of piste trails around and this ridge line, which looked sharper from below,had one for this section, which spoilt the solitude a little.

However once on the top we were again away from the crowds, and could take in the views, much as the other peaks this trip, but a different perspective.

After a brief break it was time to ski down, we initially avoided the piste by dropping directly from the summit,  however lower down we took the easy option and were soon back at the car.

One last look back, before delivering Chris to the plane, and then off to a F1 room at Annemasse.