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Col de Passon
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A popular tour which offers
breathtaking views. With the help from the Grands
Montets cable car a lot of the hard work is done. The Col (3028m)
can be reached by midday with a descent mostly on glacier, to the
small mountain village of
(1580m).
There are two ways to reach the Col de Passon. The most frequently used route is from whose cable car rises from the village of . Take the cable car to Lognan and then take a second cable car to the top of Les Grands Montets. Go left down the Rognans glacier keeping to the right of the rock and onto the heavily crevassed Argentière glacier. This is a great ski with just under 1000m of descent. Warning: This is great ski tour crossing glaciers well out of the patrolled areas. We recommend you hire a guide. |
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Traverse the Argentière glacier and track along the snow covered moraine slopes to the left of the . Skin up about 750m to the Col, traversing several couloirs and then take a break at the Col before beginning the descent. |
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The photo shows the Chardonnet
on the right with the skinning route marked to the Col du Passon.
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| The descent from the Col de Passon | |
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Head north, down onto Le Tour Glacier (2850m).
Keep to the left until reaching a vantage point with a view overlooking
the village of Le Tour. From here, there is a choice of descents
to the village.
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