It was a classic La Grave day. By the time we had coffees at Lionel’s Bar and passed by the BD Test center downtown, the crack of noon loomed on the horizon. But a wise man once told me that there’s always time for a second cup and so we let the day warm up a bit more while having another at the 3200 top station restaurant. Today we’d take every opportunity to muster the best out of “blown-out” January backcountry conditions. Our objective of a night in the Refuge Promontoire and a run down Les Enfetchores was definitely going to be pending on what we’d find out there.

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