Up to the bivouac hut

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July 2nd

Start: Alpine dairy and hostel La Peule; finish: bivouac hut Cesare Fiorio (CAAI)
Distance: 6,9 km
Time taken: 3 hours 10 minutes, including stops
Vertical distance: 810 m uphill, 150 m downhill

Another beautiful sunny day.  Met up with Graham again, who drove up to La Peule in his (wife’s) 4-wheel drive Škoda.  After a snack, we went up to the frontier at Grand Col Ferret.  This section is part of the Tour du Mont Blanc and we met large numbers of variously attired walkers of different nationalities doing this circuit, also a number of mountain bikers.  Then on to the Petit Col Ferret and the Italian bivouac hut Cesare Fiorio at 2729 m.  Leisurely afternoon preparing for the climb up Mont Dolent the next day.  Early to bed.