Today I hiked up Pointe de Ressachaux. It's about 1100m vertical ascent, which isn't exactly epic mountaineering, but it's the biggest mountain I've done. It takes you up to just shy of 2200m. Even with the encroaching clouds, the view from the top was pretty awesome. Some of the peaks were just popping their heads above the cloud, whilst more clouds stealthily floated up the valley behind us. The sunlight on them created an almost full circle rainbow.
We managed to get a sneaky glimpse of a two chamois (mountain goats) on the way back down before the cloud enveloped us. My legs are incredibly tired now, and looking back up at the mountain, you can't even tell it's there because of all the cloud.
Stunning photos and glad you got a climb in before you left.
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