After our efforts yesterday we opted for an easy tour from the Grand Montet cable car to the Argentiere Hut. This is on glaciated terrain with the added hazards of crevasses and seracs. We wound are way down through the seracs to the glacier finishing with an icy side slip. The skin up the valley below the north faces of the Verte, Doites and Le Courtes was stunning under blue skies. The final climb up to the refuge was a sting in the tail, being icy and exposed but the refurbished hut is now very clean and comfortable.
