- D +: 1301
- D-: 1886m
- distance: 21 km
- time with breaks: 11 hours
July 15, sounds like my watch set to 5:30, but it's still raining. So I shifted to 6:00, half an hour bonus! And this time we're lucky, the rain subsided.
No attempt to withdraw today, we're ready for the adventure from 6:30, and start to attack cervical Salenton, 700 meters above the clouds. A look back and we see the shelter that helped so much.
We arrive at the Pass Salenton at 9 am (practice time snapshots to identify ...)
On the other hand, the total fog, but it does not rain.
So we decide to go to conquer Mount Buet. Large rocks allow us to hide one of the backpacks, the time to make the round trip, which should last 3:30.
Very quickly, the terrain changes completely: no more vegetation and many snowfields, even mid-July.
A little further, the slope is increasing very clearly: we climb switchbacks in a very short field quite brittle, thus avoiding to sensitive souls. Fortunately for us, there is virtually no wind, but the peaks are not very visible by this time covered.
Approaching the summit, the slope relents, and some shelters were constructed, including shelter Pictet, as shown on the map but this time very very brief and to reserve for critical cases .
We stay only a few minutes at the top, time to take some pictures to remember our achievement because we literally chilled.
We stop to eat a little low-cons: A hot soup we should revive a little ...
is indeed the case, and the descent is going very well and very quickly we are overexcited in this field but ultimately very steep smooth and easy as stone, and our one bag is very lightweight. Reached the snowfields, we do not need warm clothes and we are delighted with this extension to our hike.
back under the collar Salenton, we find (heureusement. ..) our bag hidden behind a rock, and we started toward the refuge of Pierre Berard, a descent ultimately much more difficult than that of Buettner, because from the middle of huge boulders where balance is essential at all times.
After a second meal at the shelter, we continue our long descent into the valley, and finally arrive in the forest.
Lower, full of courage, we choose to make the little detour that allows us to pass under the curtain of the waterfall and Berard visit the cave Farinet (a counterfeiter who had found refuge there). Unfortunately, a landslide in 2008 led to the closure of these sites and we leave empty handed!
Camping Montets beside Vallorcine and Buettner, this time is far off and we offer a shower, a meal and then a well deserved rest after this stage, the longest of our loop.
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