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Rocher de Bellevarde 2842m, Cascade du Pisset

viharnik11. 07. 2010 09:38:11

Next day in the morning I set off for the home mountain from which the ski slope of the World Cup men's disciplines runs.
Of course a gondola also runs up there in summer, but the ascent from behind is more tempting. On the ridge before the summit I'm in one hour, where the ski terrains begin. From here onwards via cableways in winter we can reach Tignes or all the way to Col de l'Iseran and its ski resorts. I climb to the very summit in 2h30min, where I view Val d'Isère from a purely bird's-eye perspective.
Then I head deep into the heart of the range and cross it circularly past many rivers and mountain lakes. The feeling is like walking on the moon. All in schist rock and low meadows, sometimes marshy areas. On the way into the interior I met no one, later a group of hikers at the waterfalls. The bridges for crossing rivers are well placed and sturdy. Above the plateau rise nothing but three-thousanders, still clad in winter idyll. Glaciers here for high mountain crossings require terrain knowledge and rope belay due to snow crevasses. According to an older local's tale (he said he was born under a lucky star), even on La Grande Motte above Tignes a touring skier met a fatal end in a snow crevasse, where the cable car brings you right under the 3409m summit. I finished the tour via a long valley and combined the two longest hikers' paths on the map. Plenty of impressions from the route walked. That's how my days passed here mainly in beautiful mountains, and whatever evening time was left I devoted to food, rest and watching the nearby town pulse.