Andreas and I spent one week in the Ecrins, we planned to climb the SSE-ridge of Pic Gaspard but did not get any further than the start of the route. Nevertheless we had a nice week together, climbing some easy alpine stuff, sport climbing and dreaming of bigger routes...
on our way to the hut

approach to the start of the Point Emma traverse integrale
on the traverse, nice views on the south face of La Meije, which we climbed a few years ago...
interesting and long approach from the hut to the base of the SSE ridge of Pic Gaspard
SSE ridge...