This page has pictures from when the piste changes from running along the riverbed into heading over a small hill and then directly south through a much wider riverbed.

Above left is typical of the piste as it runs through the riverbed, and above right is typical of the small villages that dot the first 10km of this piste, all clinging to the sides of the hills to avoid the odd deluge of water from the mountains.

The locals all seem quite friendly here, none of the kids asked for pens which is unusual but welcome!

after a series of villages the piste forks to the left where you can double back to tafroute on a another piste, or right and straight south down a large riverbed. Right and too the south it was....