Me and 3 friends climbed the Aiguille d'Argentière North Face from the Albert 1er hut. The ward told us we were the first this year. The descend was on the Argentière side.
Conditions were generaly good, some sections of bare ice and a lot of wind on the summit ridge.
"And isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, ooh ooh ooh, the sky is the limit!"
--The Tick