Last night’s dinner was good, but the main course wasn’t very warm.  We met a couple who were walking east to west so were able to swap bits of advice.  We had a room to ourselves in the gite, which had just been opened in May, and was nicely fitted out.  Breakfast was good with nice fresh bread.  Following yesterday’s walk down through the mud, and overnight rain we decided to walk up the road.  The fog was on the tops as we started up what was a very quiet road.  A few cyclists passed us, and one or two cars.  As we neared the top we were above the trees, but in the cloud.  We reached the refuge just after midday and were allowed to check-in.  

The cloud/mist persisted all afternoon so we relaxed in the refuge.  Dinner was very good (and hot).  There seems to be a lot of people starting the GR10 from here tomorrow, so it will be interesting to see how they do!  The cloud finally lifted for a while after dinner, so I took a photo of the ski resort.  There’s nothing worse than a 60s ski resort in the summer.  Only a few photos today due to the conditions.

 

Total distance: 12248 m
Max elevation: 1666 m
Total climbing: 997 m