A sporty climb accesses a hidden north-facing gem

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159

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615

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41

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Difficulty

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Difficult

Description

Start as if heading to Col Pers but instead of going over the Col, take off your skis and climb the steepish slope directly opposite.

The ascent passes initially above a small cliff and then below another on the south-facing slope above the Combe du Géant piste, before cutting back and following the ridge to a saddle beneath the summit of the Signal de l'Iseran.

The long north-facing bowl can hold cold, untracked powder long after a snow fall for a few hundred metres of relatively steep, wide-open skiing which then joins the Vallonnets descent down to the Pont Saint Charles bridge.