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On the bus down to Ollon
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Ollon station, the start of our adventure
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It is not that often that you are on skis at such a low altitude in Switzerland
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But first we had to start with a little walk through the village
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The obligatory selfie
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We were able to get on the skis just above the village
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It got steep straight away and there was enough snow for skinning (altitude 550m)
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On the way to Plan d'Esserts
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Last vineyards before getting into the woods
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Less snow in the woods but still OK
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Making our way to Panex
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Getting to the road to Panex, one of our favorite ways to ride home in summer (altitude 800m)
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For a little while we had to ski next to the road
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Leaving the road to take a shortcut to Panex
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This is where we got into the fog for the first time
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Skiing past what must have been the school of Panex (altitude 910m)
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A welcome stop at the Café-Restaurant de Panex - highly recommended
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Lillie badly needed some food at that point and started to smile again straight away
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Back on the skis to Les Ecovets
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This was the least enjoyable section- steep with rocks, roots and little snow
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Approaching the road to Les Ecovets
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A not so clever shortcut to avoid a portion of road in Les Ecovets (altitude 1300m)
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On the way to La Truche, starting to get worried that we would not make it before dark
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La Truche (altitude 1590m)
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An endless stretch of road took us towards Bretaye and the final ascent
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We were treated with some amazing wintery views (altitude 1720m)
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On the steep section towards Roc d'Orsay
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Last moments of calm before making our way back into civilisation on the busy ski resort of Villars (altitude 1950m)
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Finally, the last section to the top. It is now getting darker
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Is that a smile?
