Stage 8
Champex - Col de la Forclaz

Distance:14km
Time:61/2hrs
Start Altitude:1466m
High point:Fenetre d'Arpette 2665m
Height gain:1199m
Height loss:1139m


Setting off in the morning. The weather was better than we could have hoped


Climbing up through the moraines


Resting at the Fenetre d'Arpette, the highest point on the entire walk


We would have been on the glacier at this point a few years ago, but it had receeded quite dramatically


At the foot of the glacier


Admiring the view down the valley


Late afternoon

Stage 9 | Col de la Forclaz - Tre le Champ