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Finally some worthy skiing this season - Cosmiques TR
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Not a great start to the winter. pretty poor snow here in Cham and up until last week i had only managed three days of poor piste skiing. Dusan and I decided that even though we thought the exit from the Cosmiques would be a bit of a pain it was probably worth it for the adventure. So last week we headed up the Midi with plenty of ice axes and ice screws.

Getting into the Cosmiques was relatively easy. We had to climb over some rocks


to find a spot where we could put our skis on


which was about here.


All the skiing is on vid which I am sorting out at the minute and will post soon on this page

Down at the bottom we had to search for a way through the crevasses


which involved sliding into this hole


between the glacier and the cliff


which was too tight for any turns


then we had to ski into this slot


and abseil in a bit further


before we could climb out of this lot and ski home


The skiing in the couloir was amazing and the adventure was well worth the effort. We went back up and skied the Rond a few days later. TR to come.

Laters

Phil
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philingle, nice one. Tres Chamonix!
We very rarely get anything like this on the site. I trust that we're OK for capacity - most photos are hyperlinked to external sites - but the computerHeads will know.
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.philingle, blimey. v. impressive.
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philingle, Is the hole between the glacier and the cliff the "bergshrund" which I vaguely recollect hearing about in O Level Geography lessons Puzzled
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philingle, Fantastic Very Happy
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luckily I can type as I'm speechless. Great, great piccies, can't wait for the vid!
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philingle, welcome to snowHeads. Please find plenty of useful information for beginner skiers in our Bend ze Knees section. Very Happy
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Great pics, thanks philingle,
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Is that a black run? wink
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Only in certain resorts where the marketing team grade the slopes !
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philingle,

Great pics,

Does the way out always involve the trek through the crevasses?
I've only seen this on Lambert's film (The Last Resort ) and it doesn't mention that at all.
Not looked too closely at it on a map although I'd love to do it some day..
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JT - the way out is not normally so labourious, the crevassed section is usually covered by enough snow to ski past it fairly easily without the use of ropes, ice axes or crampons, just a modicum of sensibility.
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philingle, the things one does to avoid paying for a ski pass wink



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Alastair Pink,

bergschrund

\Berg"schrund`\, n. [G., lit., mountain gap.] (Phys. Geog.) The crevasse or series of crevasses, usually deep and often broad, frequently occurring near the head of a mountain glacier, about where the n['e]v['e] field joins the valley portion of the glacier.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=bergschrund&r=67
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