I was out on La Tour on Tuesday with Susie and Howard looking at some touring skill, they are joining me in Poland next month and wanted a skills refresher. On Thursday I headed through to Gressoney for the day where some friends were staying for the week. The Val d'Aosta has great ski conditions this year with some of the best snow cover I have seen for years, we had a couple of runs off the lift then skinned over the Pass Zupo and skied all the way to Alagna over 1800m of descent. Kate and I climber the ice fall next to the crag in Servoz I have watched this almost form for years but it has never formed when I have been around. The route is a really nice 2 pitch 3+ with some great ice formations and is so close to the road you could belay from the car.