Flaine - Tête de Véret
Outing date: 2012-12-19
Altitude of access point: 1747m
Maximum altitude: 2309m
Elevation gain/loss: +562m >> -659m >> +558m >> -461m
Snow depth at 1750m: 90cm with 40cm of dry powder snow
Snow depth at 2300m: 150cm with 50cm of dry powder snow
Weather: sunny
Departure/arrival time: 9:00/15:30
Early wake up for this outing to Tête de Véret in Flaine (Grand-Massif Haute-Savoie)... we left Geneva at 6:00 AM and arrived at parking of Vernant around 7:15. Vernant sector was still closed. The resort was planning to open Vernant access only at the end of the week and that would let us a lot of untracked powder. We started to hike at 7:30 with my friend Andrew. Colours were beautiful... it was simply magic.
We quickly reached the Col de Vernant.
Light was licking the summits...
...beautiful but we were not at the summit and it was so cold...
...arriving at the Col des Grands Vans the sun was waiting for us.
We were not far from our objective...
...the ghost lift... and the powder of the Véret valley.