Summer solstice today, the longest day of the year. Conditions in the Valais are anything but summery though - plenty of snow left over from the spring and some big recent storms have left very unseasonal conditions above 2500m. We climbed the Pointe de Mourti yesterday. This is usually a rocky scramble with a couple of steeper rock steps, but yesterday was more of a mini-Alaska - no rock, no track, but great fun and a satisfying summit!
It's not all bad news though. The forecast is good and in a few days there should, fingers crossed, be some very good conditions as the snow packs down. It might be a while before the higher rock ridges dry out, but glaciers should be well covered and maybe the snow routes will be in unusually good conditions this year.
.jpg "Halfway up the Pointe de Mourti")
.jpg "Madonna looks confused by the conditions")
.jpg "Admiring our work on the descent")
