Anyway, the tour organized by our Belgian Neige et Montagne had a good program and not too tough an itinerary. We went up the lifts at Col du Pillon to the top of Diablerets and traversed from there through the Sanetch Col and the arretes to the top of Arpelistock, at 3K, and then down in good powder to the Geltenhutte. Yes, we do apparently have to pass each time climbing areas while on skis! Geltenhutte was pretty crowded, entertainment being provided by André, a sicilian living in Switzerland, who won a kiss from me for having repaired one of my skis.
Unfortunately, one of our group members screwed up his shoulder on the way up and had to abandon us half way, going down with Mathieu from Geltenhutte. The remaining six of us continued the traverse the second day, going to the top of Geltenhorn, another fun arrete, down the south face, and up Col de Brochets. View on Glacier 3000 skiing area of Gstaad from the col:
German and French names cross here as the North part of the itineray is in Bernese canton, and the south in Valais, border running through those same arretes that provided our skiing fun. View of the descent on the other side of Col de Brochets:
Last day saw us up Wildhorn - as well as a couple of other parties dropped off by the numerous helicopters. Weird feeling of pride and shame in the same time...rich people getting to the top the quick way - but then again their satisfaction level is certainly much less than ours. They don't even go to the summit cross - just get out of the helicopter near the summit and ski down. Helicopter take-off as we photograph it from the summit:
The descent was very enjoyable, especially the lower part of the Iffigenalp lake and valley. This is Cyprien showing us how it's done on the lake traverse under big rocks:
Thanks to the whole team for making this a worthwhile outing.
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