Moiry Glacier

Sunshine seems to have vacated a lot of Europe currently so, rather than pursue more sedate summer activities, we have been exploring the higher slopes, which are stunning without sunshine. Today we hiked our highest yet this trip, Cabane De Moiry, at 2825 metres. The weather wasn't brilliant but it stayed dry until we were showered briefly with hailstones at about 4.30pm.

We took the standard route from Laq du Moiry to the cabane, starting at about 10.30am. This walk forms part of the popular Haute Route, between Chamonix and Zermatt. We have now completed several stages of this route over the years, and are toying with the idea of coming back next time to do the whole haute Route in one go!

Laq du Moiry

The view on the way up.

The view looking down. The car park where we left Valerie is alongside the further lake.

The terrain on the way up - somewhat 'challenging' !!!

The view at the top.

We came down and climbed more boulders to get to the leading edge of the glacier. However, by this time it had got very cold and hailstones came down. Note, 5pm and *very* cold!!

This was the view from the leading edge of the glacier. The cabine at 2825 metres is just visible on the point below the mountain to the left. The way up had reminded me of the climb to Barafu Huts on the last leg of Kilimanjaro.