Ski Touring Trou de la Mouche, Col du Beugeant - Video
Merry Christmas. The snow from the last big dump has transformed by wind and sun so it has been difficult to find good snow from the lifts but the cover at mid altitudes has been excellent. The ice climbing conditions continue to improve but all the main venues in the Aosta valley have been closed due to avalanche risk in in some cases actual avalanches have blocked the roads, cutting of power supplies and damaging buildings. We have been out and about skiing the Troue de La Mouche in the Aravis near la Clusaz and the Col du Beaugeant in the Aiguille Rouge, both had challenging crusty snow but were great days out, if you go to the beugeant make sure you take a rope as there is a 7m rock step on the North side at the moment. We made a short video of the tours.
Trou de La Mouche - Col du Beaugeant from Bruce Goodlad on Vimeo.