M5 mean-while tip-toed east to the Parcour and the Morgon, a real gnarly mountain on the shore of Lac Serre Poncon and tried to climb high enough to jump to Guillaume. The traffic on the Morgon was horrendous and most of the big ships fly like they own the sky, so life saving manoeuvres resulted in some good lift avoidance.
Eventually I was confident in arriving on Guillaume high enough and set off to the north. The valley breeze hits Guillaume and the thermals it generates are tremendous so it wasn't long before I was at cloud base and going north again. Pracheval on the east side of the St crepin valley is another valley breeze elevator and a great top up spot. Following the east side of the valley takes you up towards Briancon and the next reliable hot spot, Tet d'Monte. From there it's into the dragons den of Glacier Blanc.
Flying along the rim at 11500', snow covered rocks on your wing tip and the foot of the glacier almost 3000' below you, is truly spectacular!
