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To be in the high mountain in winter or in spring.

This activity requires all technics : snow , ice, mixed, and dry climbing, and of course the ski.

 

To find good conditions of snow or ice for a route is often difficult, that why it is preferable to choose the good route just before your arrival.

Sometime usefull condition informations can be found on the web. Nevertheless, look out the frequenting !

In an ice route it is quickly dangerous to be under.

As a guide, our regular frequenting of the mountain allows us to find sometimes the good plan.

Months of may and june are often the most favorable.

Ailefroide North face :  Emeraude or Esmeralda gullies, the "col du Glacier Noir", the "Fourastier" ...

This beautiful and wide face has everything for it : the remote region of the "Glacier Noir". An impressive variety of routes in term of ground (snow, ice, mixed), of technical difficulties, runout or not, of height (500 to 900 m).

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