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Glacier Blanc
Walk up to Glacier Blanc hut. Aborted walk to Refuge des Ecrins due to lack of glacier gear

 Torrent du Glacier Blanc  Glacier Noire.  Looking back down towards Ailefroide  More switchbacks to climb  Snout of Glacier Blanc  Mont Pelvoux  Point Cezanne  Not sure, part of Pelvoux probably  Glacier Blanc hut  Mont Pelvoux  Panorama of Pelvoux and Pointe de la Grand Sagne  Pelvoux  Now on the path up to Refuge des Ecrins  Glacier Blanc  Pelvoux  Not a great path  Note path across the crevasse   Small snowfields to be crossed  Gliders  Big crevasses  Glacier Blanc and Barre des Ecrins panorama.  Alpine crow over Glacier Blanc hut  PHGM rescue chopper  Glacier noire  Glacier Noire. Surprisingly it didnt rain