Started spontaneously from Chamonix (Montenvers car park) around 11:00 am Nice path through forest then rocks, only a bit of snow. 2h30/3 hours to the top, from where you can see Mer de Glace. Hiked 15min down towards Mer de Glace then sneaked in the cable car up. A variante allows you to do a loop, goes to the signal Forbes,...

Started hiking at 6:30am, steep path all the way up and snow. The whole hike is then in the snow with long snowfields crossing, then on the plateau quite flat but 1,5 meters snow. Weather : cloudy, but clouds moving so sometimes amazing views Ok with only hiking shoes, but very wet at the end Couldn't reach the lac Blanc...