Ascent: 850m
Weather: clear blue skies, cold wind
We followed the same track as yesterday up passed the shrine of St Antoine and turned left at the sign to the observatory. It was very clear, not a cloud in the sky all day, but quite chilly. According to the lady in the gite it was about minus 17 deg this morning.
The path along the valley gains height gently to begin with, the snow very crunchy. As we turned away from the valley it got quite a bit warmer, we stopped for a break and saw some chamois running across the rocks and snow in the distance. I got blurry photographic evidence.
Up through the pass was quite rocky, and we stopped for lunch at the top, layering up with just about every warm item of clothing.
The other side of the col was covered in thick powdery snow, which made for a fast and fun descent. Then we wove through the trees (probably to the skiers' annoyance) and on to a track. We followed this to a road and then walked through Pierre Something to Molines (calling in at the hotel for a rest.)
We had pre-dinner drink (wine with vanilla and cake with olives and feta cheese) before mushroom soup, pork stew with tagliatelli and then apple pie. Bed quite early as we have to be up at 4am. Ouch.
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