Near the bus stop in Argentière this hotel had a beautiful copper roof

After catching the bus from near our hotel we were dropped at Tré le Champ from where we climbed up via the Aiguillette de Argentière

Adrenaline junkies flying their paragliders over the Chamonix Valley

More adrenaline junkies about to tackle the ladders above Argentière

I just thought a close up would help illustrate the ladders more clearly!

..... and there are more!

The 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

Yours truly at Tête aux Vents in front of Mont Blanc

The afternoon sun turns the mountains gold

Chamonix and the view of Mont Blanc from the high street