I have been wanting to try this route for a while, so I met up with Trevor and we took the lift from St Martin de Belleville to the top of the ridge. From here a quick descent down chocas (my favourite blue in the 3 vallyes) leads to the olympic express lift. From the top there are several excellent descents. We turned north and followed the ridge for 2km to Col St Jean (above). There are a few tricky bits but they can be easily bypassed on the west side.
From the col we continued north, skirting round the east flank of croix st Jean, until we dropped into Combe Cure. There were hardly any tracks despite it being a week since the last snow. Its a really pretty valley with a bunch of small woods. The terrain is quite undulating and it was great fun dropping down through the trees.
Lower down we came to a small chalet where we picked up another trail through the woods that eventually led down the a piste. We followed this for about 1km until we came to Les Allues
From here you cross the road and pick up the gondola that goes back up to Meribel. It takes about 20 minutes. Despite the snow being a bit heavy this was one of the most enjoyable routes of the season. Grade easy/intermediate Avalanche risk low (if you dont track under the cliffs of Croix St Jean
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