yesterday's view of Periades ridge, which we will climb across to reach the Glacier du Mont Mallet
 

skiing down from the Refuge Requin early in the morning
 

climbing up the Periades glacier, below the Dent du Geant
 

the break in the ridge that we climbed -- with Pete preparing below left
 

Doug climbing, with Pete + Geoff  (obscured by a bit of Ken's glove)
 

looking back down our steep climb now completed  (two other skiers not in our party)
 

Geoff topping out the steep climb
 

After rappelling down from top of our climb, we start skiing down the Glacier du Mont Mallet
(What's that tooth peeking over behind the col?)
 

Grandes Jorassess - - Col des Grandes Jorasses - - Dome de Rochefort
 

our ski tracks, navigating the crevasses of the glacier -- with Mont Mallet behind
 

Rick about to navigate through the mist -- and we got safely down to the Montenvers train station