Great weather in the Alps just now. As training for Dent Blanche and Mt Blanc, our group were succesful on Aig du Tour and a fine little east ridge on Tete Blanche.


Aig du Tour, from either the Trient Hut or Albert Premier is very popular as a training exercise for bigger peaks. Currently at the end of the season the glacier approaches are fairly serious, with many crevasses being open.


On the south-facing ridge of Aig du Tour. Plenty of good granite, requiring the usual care not to dis-lodge any big blocks. As a popular route, much of the loose rock has already disappeared.


Approaching the east-facing ridge of the Tete Blanche this morning, from the Trient Hut. A fine short climb, which arrives on the plateau and has a very simple glacier descent, back towards the valley, via the Albert Premier hut. In the background is the Aig du Tour, which we climbed from the Albert Premier Hut on Saturday enroute to the Trient Hut.


Approaching the climb and not sure if the bergschrund could be crossed.


Fortunately a way was found and we completed the climb in around an hour from the base.


Many climbs are protected at their base by significant cravasse slots.


Good climbing on the ridge at around PD+