I took this picture going up at the Barre des Ecrins by a cold but beautiful day in summer. We went by the Col des Ecrins and slept under the tent at the Glacier Blanc, (3000 meters) and after an early start and hours of walking, we arrived at the Dome de neige. (4015 meters). We then followed the ridge until the top of the Barre des Ecrins (4102m). The Ecrin mountains are a beautiful place in the French Alps, one of my favorite. You feel far from civilization. You can feel the serenity, peace and both the threat of tons of ice waiting to melt on a warm summer day.