Tour Ponton Ascending through Standard Route 2006
Tour Ponton (3101m)
On snowy Northern Slope from Pontonnet Hill (2897m), with hard & cold wind.
In bottom: Pontonnet Towers (SE 3174m, NW 3185m).
In foreground: Punta Tersiva (3514m; West Crest, South & Southeast Faces and East Ridge), Grand Avert (in the shade), Gran Cresta & Mont Corquet.
Frontally and sunny or North: the watershed from Mont Mary to Mont Faroma.
In distance and in shadow: the watershed from Mont Berrio to Mont Morion, above Valpelline.
October 29th, 2006
Photo
by
Emilio Bertona