Just discovered this on my laptop. I wrote it in anticipation of getting the photos from Jerome, which I never did. I have a few but he has the lion’s share. He lost the cable to his camera, I didn’t have the right card reader, and after I left we never got around to getting
Tag Archives: Aiguille du Midi
TR: Chamonix 2012 Day 5 – SE Couloir of Tour Ronde to Brenva Glacier
After yesterday’s successful mission on the Italian side skiing the Aiguille d’Entreves we concluded that if the weather remained the same our best chance of skiing some steeps was in a similar location, and now that Jerome had tested how I’d cope with some basic climbing we set our sights on a larger objective –
TR: Chamonix 2012 Day 4 – Steep Skiing – South Face of L’Aiguille d’Entreves
After yesterday’s aborted mission on the Glacier Rond we figured if we wanted to ski a steep line a better option would be to head over to the Italian side which is the South Face of the massif, and basking in sunshine we were anticipating being presented with some lovely corn snow. So after heading
TR: Chamonix 2012 Day 3 – Glacier Rond Failure, Vallee Blanche Plan B
It started with a loaded question over dinner – ‘Are your edges sharp?” – I replied in the affirmative and said they had been serviced that day. I didn’t think much of it as our plan for the next day was to climb over the Col du Chardonnet and spend a night in a refuge
TR: Chamonix 2012 Day 2 – Glacier du Tour Noir
After a great ski tour yesterday the day dawned sunny again so more touring seemed to be the logical conclusion. The Argentiere Basin is an area that I had not spent any time at all in (if you exclude skiing from the top of Grands Montets). Col du Passon is a Chamonix classic that I
TR: Chamonix Day 14 – Couloir Marbrées
We had originally wanted to ski this couloir the day before, but there was a chilly northerly breeze that Jerome was afraid would prevent the couloir softening up, which would make it an absolute death trap. But today was still with a slight southerly, which meant we could go and ski one of the bigger
TR: Chamonix Day 13 – Ski Touring in Les Aiguilles Rouges
[ad#Adsense Banner] We were pretty exhausted after our road trip, but with a couple of days of sunshine forecast to be followed by some poor weather we decided to make the most of the blue skies and push through. But we certainly weren’t up for a big day so we decided to go for a
TR: Chamonix Day 5 – Grand Envers du Plan
With our bodies starting to feel a little weary after being immediately thrown in the deep end on our trip, we decided we needed to have a bit of a quieter day. In Jerome’s terms, this meant heading up the Aiguille du Midi and skiing the Grand Envers du Plan, which is probably the steepest
TR: Chamonix Day 1 – Les Grands Montets
The day began like all days to early in a European ski trip – with Jet Lag. Wide awake at 4am, having decided that further attempts to sleep were futile, it was time to get up. After about 3 rounds of breakfast it was time to head into town to get all our gear sorted
How a Chamonix Guide prepares for our visit
[ad#Adsense Banner] Mindful of the fact that we will be arriving shortly, our guide Jérôme Para has been deep in preparation for our three weeks together, by opening up a new variation on the route – “Super Intégrale de Peuterey” to Mont Blanc – also achieving this in the record time of 6 days. Click
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