Picture Gallery > Summer Expedition to Les Contamines 2008
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Day walk from Les Contamines
Route following trails above Les Contamine as part of acclimatisation for higher altitudes
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Alpine Journey Day 1
Refuge de Tre la Tete - 2.5 hours from the valley - lunch stop en route to the Conscrits Hut
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Alpine Journey Day 1
Entering the Tre la Tete Glacier above the Tre la Tete Refuge
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Alpine Journey Day 1
Entering the ladder system above the Tre la Tete Glacier to reach the Nouveau Refuge des Conscrits 2600m
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Alpine Journey Day 1
Security on the chains
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Alpine Journey Day 1
Ascending above the ladders towards the Conscrits Hut
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Alpine Journey Day 1
First view of the Conscrits hut
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Alpine Journey Day 1
Final approach to the 'hut'.
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Alpine Journey Day 1
Mountain locals
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Alpine Journey Day 2
Alpine start - 3.30am
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Alpine Journey Day 2
Back on the Tre la Tete Glacier above the Conscrit Hut and 3000m
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Alpine Journey Day 2
Safe route through the crevasses
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Alpine Journey Day 2
Traversing the 'Domes' from Col de Domes
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Alpine Journey Day 2
Classic snow ridge on the 'Domes' traverse
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Alpine Journey Day 2
Returning from final high point of 3673m
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Alpine Journey Day 2
View back along the Dome de Miage ridge
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Alpine Journey Day 2
Final descent from the Dome de Miage glaciers
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Alpine Journey Day 2
Descending to Les Contamines (1160m) below the Covagnet Glacier (still at 2680m)
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Mountain Biking
Following one of the many waymarks mountain bike trails around Les Contamines
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Mountain Biking
View back to the Mont Blanc range and the Dome de Miage circuit from Col du Joly
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Rock Climbing
Single and multi pitch at the well protected La Duchere crag a short walk from Les Contamines
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Rock Climbing
Cragging at La Duchere
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White Water Rafting
Rafting on the River Arve near Chamonix
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White Water Rafting
Bail Out!