Sunrise on the Écrins, from some way up the Dent Parrachée in the Vanoise. 5.30am, 11 August 2011
On the shattered west ridge of the Parrachée. 8.30am, 11 August 2011
The Dent Parrachée is a fine mountain, but best climbed when there is a decent covering of good snow. The guidebook calls the screes raide et pénible, and that's being polite. 10.30am, 11 August 2011
