We wanted to get outside and weren't sure what the situation with temperatures and hochnebel was going to be, so we opted to do and old favorite: the Arete du Raimeux, the scrambling variant.
Train to Moutier, on foot to the base of the route, on with the helmets and then off we go. The rope and gear stayed in the backpacks.
This would be a good place to capture which of the towers we climbed and which we went around.
Lovely, lovely ridge scrambling. After getting to the fire ring at the "end" (that downclimb always feels spicy), we continued up the wall with the iron steps and then kept on the ridge as much as we could for the rest of the way. We've done parts of this before, but managed to stay up top more this time (there was a strong incentive since the sun was shining on the ridge!). Big fun here with another spicy downclimb along the way.
From the end of the ridge it was on foot to the SAC hut and then the normal hiking path down to Moutier and the train back.
Great weather (particularly for March!) and a great ridge scramble. So much fun.
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