Day 10 - Argentière to Chamonix - 16 July 2016
Read MoreThe large cairn at Tête aux Vents (2132m) and time for a well deserved rest and drinks
From this point we walked towards Lac Blanc but the extent of the snow on the way would have taken too long to negotiate so it was aborted and we walked on to Le Flégère. There it became obvious that too much time had been lost to enable us to walk the 2 hours to reach the Plan Praz to Chamonix Telepherique before it was due to close.
We decided to take the Le Flégère cable car down to Chamonix for the night and return in the morning to complete the lost 2 hr journey to Plan Praz before starting the normal leg from Plan Praz to Les Houches and the finish - a long leg but at least we wouldn't miss anything out