@Markymark29, the first time i did it i got caught in an avalanche on the way down near the bottom. A wet snow avalanche nearly pushed me over a cliff! When we finally arrived at the little tea shack at the bottom of le Tour we got a round of applause.
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@jbob, yup
Powder all the way top to bottom that day
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
@BobinCH, yes.
@Arno, yes.
By the time we realised we needed to exit right rather than left we were close to the schrund and facing the wrong way. A team of three, number one made the turn, number two disappeared down the hole, then my turn. I made it. Number one got a rope quickly to number two and all was well.
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2nd pitch of the Envers - many a scary morning spent there - seen it done toute shuss!
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So its the Grand Envers variation of the Vallee Blanche pitch 2 to be precise. So @BobinCH, or failing that @Idris, to go next.
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The face on the left, the piste in the centre and the mountain in the background. A bonus point for where the photo is taken from
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Was the photo taken near cabane de tortin. Then the piste would be Mont Fort. Background Grand Combin. Or I might be miles away. Is bec des etranges in there somewhere.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
@jbob, must be right about the Mont Fort piste, but I don't know the name of the off piste slope (though I think I may have skied it).
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So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
jbob wrote:
Was the photo taken near cabane de tortin. Then the piste would be Mont Fort. Background Grand Combin. Or I might be miles away. Is bec des etranges in there somewhere.
Correct. Taken from Bec des Etagnes, which sits above Cabane Tortin
You can see more perspective at the end of this drone video from the Bec des Etagnes
Maybe @Idris, could do one, or @snowball, failing that I’ll pop one up but I’ll wait.
@BobinCH, Cool video.
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Another Snowhead I won't name to spare his blushes was skiing the North side with me and fell; slid down and over a small cliff face. He was fine but the rest of the way down the guide was muttering "Why did I bring them down this?"
Idris, do you have one ready? If not I think I probably do.
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Hint: Top right is by the top of a gondola lift coming up above and just right of this photo. Largely tree skiing in woods behind me. (I apologise for any deficiencies in skiing style of my friends).
Lots of snowheads have been up this lift and looked out at this from it.
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In my last comment I was thinking of snowheadsbashes
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Not France. Horizon had a nice picture of him skiing this in fresh powder on a US website, but it seems to be gone from the old trip-report. The gondola travels up over the trees you ski through.
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Well, the photo has been up 3 days, so here is a photo looking back down the valley from the top of the gondola.
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Well, that looks like Corvara, but I don't recognise the colour of the bubbles...?
Boe.
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Yes Piz Boe. If the person taking this photo looked down to his right he would see the slope below. That netting at the top (put in a few years ago) is meant to discourage you from skiing it now. Or you can approach from the other side of the gondola station, via the ski tracks at the bottom of the gondola photo, which avoids being seen getting around the netting. I got the bubble photo off the internet.
Your go if you have a photo now?
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@snowball, No pics --- I rarely venture off-piste !!
Someone else can have a go...
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albob wrote:
@snowball, No pics --- I rarely venture off-piste !!
Someone else can have a go...
Here goes something mellow
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Can't remember any name, but at the bottom of here is it the bottom of Cugnai (Val d'I)
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snowball wrote:
Can't remember any name, but at the bottom of here is it the bottom of Cugnai (Val d'I)
Yes, Cugnai joins the bottom of this pitch from skier’s right so that should narrow it down magnificently for you!
This photo was taken at 2923m and joins Cugnai at 2279m so some 600m+ further down
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So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
@Grinning, looks really nice.
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
@Grinning, I know I have skied it and stayed a night in the Fours hut, which is near the bottom, but I cannot find my map which seems to be misplaced so I cannot give it a name.
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
@jbob it was a good day @snowball you have the name: Col des Fours - now with more recognisable Motte in the background
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jbob wrote:
@BobinCH, yes.
@Arno, yes.
By the time we realised we needed to exit right rather than left we were close to the schrund and facing the wrong way. A team of three, number one made the turn, number two disappeared down the hole, then my turn. I made it. Number one got a rope quickly to number two and all was well.
Funny, I have the same picture with the 2 crosses in my phone downloads...
At least get the story straight. I was the only one draft enough to go straight down the smooth steep chalky slope and made 4 or 5 delightful steep turns before the 6th one didn't go so well. Hence semi hanging upside down in the bergschrund with skis jammed across. I also regretted accepting Kevin's advice down at the Montenvers station to go straight back up and do it again!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
@HammondR, I was trying to be discreet
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
You can see my knees knocking post extraction in that picture.
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snowball wrote:
No.
A short walk uphill and a long run down.
I’m watching with interest, my sort of touring.
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The run ends far from the resort, and if I said how you can get back everyone would get it. (Well, assuming they have skied there)
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snowball wrote:
The run ends far from the resort, and if I said how you can get back everyone would get it. (Well, assuming they have skied there)
Based on this, Andermatt?
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Ah, no, but I see where you are coming from. Nobody has the right country yet. (but it is the Alps and a slightly out-lying part of a well known resort).
I must admit I am not sure how common this type of cross is with the white circle.
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- now with more recognisable Motte in the background
