Wanting to complete our plans after traversing the Drus last year, Vadim has returned to climb the Grands Jorasses. But the 50+ cenitmeters of fresh snow and high winds, have put an end to that.

We had a few nice climbs at mid elevations, then a couple nice peaks- the Jungfrau above Grindelwald, and the Rothorn, above Zermatt. Both were in great shape, which was a pleasant surprise. It snowed the day we arrived at the Rothorn Hut. But by the next day, most of it had melted from the rocks on the SW ridge, yet stayed put where we needed to crampon. The rock climbing above 4000 meters was on perfect granite!

Today we climbed above Verbier on the Pierre Avoi. 8 pitches of fine limestone has given us the desire for more fun in the hills.

The weather is forecasted to hold for the next 2 days, then turn cooler. High winds are forecasted from Thursday. Not many pictures…