The kind of day that dreams are made of.... Imagine waking up to this view...
After an comfy and warm night, the lake was mirror calm.
We lay in bed watching the colours change as the sun rose.
Then it was out of bed and straight into the lake for a blissful swim. One of the best ever.
Then we packed up and leaving no trace of our passing continued hiking upwards.
We soon reached the famous Lac Blanc, where this famous view is always photographed from. It was a beautiful view, but unlike first thing, we had to share it with other trekkers.
The higher lake was considerably cooler, but the heat was intense. We had to get it!
Hot enough to be on the snow in fact!
At the Chalet Refuge Lac Blanc, the TMB trekkers had now all left, but the day trippers had still not arrived, so we enjoyed the terrace all to ourselves while admiring the views.
We still had a good way to go on our itinerary, so carried on along a higher level traverse than the actual 'balcon sud' and saw very few people along the way.
Near the top of the Index chair lift, another cool down opportunity presented itself! This was colder still and we both came out tingling all over as it was literally a pool of melting snow water!
The final climb up to the Col d'Cornu was almost unbearably hot. Even though we were at 2400m. We stripped off in the shade and ate the last of our food to recover before carrying on down to Planpraz.
It was downhill all the way to the cable car that took us directly into Chamonix. We collapsed onto the sofa back at the pad, exhausted and happy...
We'd only been gone 24hours, but it felt like we'd done so much! A great adventure....
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