I went to the Lac d'Emosson one more time (the third time in total). This time it was a slow hike, with many stops along the way. The weather was not bad, but there was still a lot of snow.
The ground was criss-crossed with streams from the snowmelt and parts of the trail were covered with snow, forcing us to take relatively long detours and perform short climbs over rocky terrain.
At the end we reached the Col de Barberine quite late and we took the unwise decision to try and climbing one of the near peaks. There was no trail, however, and Katerina being an inexperienced hiker without proper shoes meant that our progress was very slow. In the end we turned back much before attaining the peak.
Coming back at the Col, we came across a few Chamoix.
We watched them jump around for a bit and then we turned back. The amount of water had increased a lot by then and crossing the streams was much more difficult. Katerina was quite tired, as a result of which she slipped and fell into a stream. We were still quite far away from the end of the trail (5Km to go on an asphalt road) and I had already used the second pair of socks. However we were lucky - a car belonging to a shepherd was just coming back and gave us a ride to our car. A real deus ex machina.
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