In the weekend between the first and the second week, we visited the ice cave that was located near Mer de Glace and hiked to north west to Chamonix. The ice cave is a in the glacier itself which is colourfully illuminated and combines some artwork with the natural beauty of ice.
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| Ice cave, credit: Veronika |
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| Ice cave, credit: Veronika |
On the second week we had two main activities, one was two day trip to Switzerland for practice our snow climbing skills, and the second was the short but very scenic route on Ridge de Cosmique near
Aiguille du Midi.
On our first day of the strip to Switzerland we only hiked to
FXB Panossière mountain refuge in order to climb the Grand Combin on the next day. The hike was pretty easy, and we had some nice alpine views on our way.
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| One our way to the Grand Combine |
On the next day we woke up before the sunrise to climb the Grand Combine, but unfortunately because of one of out fellow students got injured we couldn't finish the accent and had to turn back before the summit. But we did got to see a sunrise on our way, and saw some pretty stunning views.
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| Sunrise | |
We went through the cabin to rest a little and then hurried back to the car to get back to France.
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| Our cat friend that lived in the Cabana |
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| A Swiss sheep |
The second most notable adventure that we had that week was the short but breathtaking mixed climbing to the Ridge de Cosmique. We were extremely fortunate to have a beautiful and sunny weather that day, and the view from the top especially amazing.
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| Descent |
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| Aiguille du Midi tower |
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| An avalanche we witnessed |
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| Snowy alpine view |
This short post concludes the second week of our UCPA alpnism adventure. If you like to learn and experience new things, share the passion for nature and mountains in particular - I strongly recommend virtually any of the UCPA mountaineering courses.
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