After yet another ‘day of the week’ on Friday, due to Nicole ‘Chucking a Snowie’ at Hotham on Monday, another day off was going to be a stretch, so we had to content ourselves seeing the various Facebook posts from our friends and look forward to the forecast sunny weather. It was particularly gratifying to
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 –
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
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
After a very worthwhile week in Turkey (more details on sister blog aussieskier.com ) I came back to Chamonix to ski for myself. After landing in Geneva I jumped in a van to Chamonix and met up with Jerome to check in to the amazing apartment he found for me. I am very spoiled and
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
[ad#Adsense Banner] We woke in La Grave to the impressive Meije towering above us, it was great to see it from our hotel bed. But alas the word was that La Grave was skied out and bumps everywhere – we had overheard in the bar the night before that the guided groups were going to
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
This is a repost of a Trip Report posted on the ski.com.au forums, and also the TGR forums in January. The response to it was part of the catalyst to create this site. I’m still processing this day in my mind. And to be honest it is going to take a while. After a fantastic
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