Argentiere glacier - Les Cortes Scoping

I have been wanting to head up the Argentiere glacier and take a look at the iconic lines on Les Cortes since I arrived here. I convinced Rylan to head out with me and check it out today for a mellow excursion.

Here is a cool photo from the top of the Grand Montets looking into the far end of Argentiere glacier.

Here is a look back down the glacier as we skin up, with Rylan being swallowed by the expansive space.

We met a patroller on exchange from Snowbird named Dusty, who is staying the winter in the Grand Montets, and he wanted to cruise up the glacier with us, he was pretty fast!

Here is Dusty skinning up to the Argentiere Hut for a mellow lunch in the sun.

Stoked to be in these majestic mounatins!!!!

Here is the only line on the ridge that seems like it has potential to go in the near future. Its called Col de Cristeaux, located on the left side of this photo but the people ive talked with seem to think it still needs more snow, since its neighboring couloirs are all ice still. And the ice here is HARD!

After our 3 hour skin up the glacier we just glided back down to Grand Montet ski area and into the base in about 20 minutes. This place is awesome!