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TR Gebroulaz SW couloir and St Peres middle couloir
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A rare day off (and no kids to look after), a few new bits and bobs to try out, and a curiosity to see how the snow was all combined to get me motivated for a bit of a wander above Val Thorens today.

First target was the SW couloir of the Mont Gebroulaz - the obvious dogleg couloir in the pic below:



From below the whole of the couloir looked to have a reasonable fill of snow (apart from the narrows at the bottom...) so I went up to have a look, choosing to climb the couloir rather than take the easy option of skinning round and dropping in from the summit. The advantage of not being lazy is that you get to check out the snow as you climb - as it turned out the looker's right side of the couloir was well-consolidated, but with a cheeky refrozen crust on top, while left of centre wind-blown snow had accumulated on top of varying degrees of looseness underneath. Avoidable up until the dogleg but caution prevailed when it was no longer possible to stay off the slabby accummulations as the couloir narrowed and turned.

Ready to roll:


Skiing down was 'interesting' - there was a really nice strip of snow about 1m50 wide - further left and the surface was definitely very shiny, further right and it would have been too risky...

Exiting the couloir I cut across for the short skin and bootpack up to the St Pères couloirs - heading for the 3rd option which I hadn't skied for years.

Looking back from the top of the bootpack; short but steep:



As expected it didn't look fantastic... but I wasn't expecting it to be quite that firm - occasionally thin layers of soft snow gave a soft turn or two, but mostly it was a good work out for the edges!

Looking down from the col:



Still a good day to be out and up high stimulating some red blood cell creation. And all good training for something (not sure what...).

View back up the St Pères from about 1/2 way:



If you are heading out then watch out for firm slab overlying some really soft layers, and sharpen your edges for other aspects Happy
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Some video to follow once I download from my new camera...
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 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?

There's that word 'interesting' again - covers a multitude of conditions!
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That crust in the third pic from bottom looks like it might just get all the way to "character-building" from "interesting" Very Happy

THanks for posting OPS
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jedster, agreed Shocked
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And a quick edit - well impressed with my new GoPro 4 Silver - straight out of the box, no fancy settings and it copes really well with sunny slopes and shade...

Couloir scratching - 6 Jan 2015 from Simon Christy
https://vimeo.com/116138654
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Meh, Townsend would've straightlined that bitch!

On the other hand +props!
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looks spicey
nice to see some double pole plants in there Cool
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@homers double, hmmm, I think even the mighty Mr Townsend may have been tempted to put in a fair few turns in its current state... unless of course you are talking about Pete Townsend in which case obviously he would have straight-lined it switch while playing the intro chords to Pinball Wizard, complete with windmilling right arm Happy
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At least Pete would have had his axe with him Wink
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@offpisteskiing, Nice one. Wanting to give the St Peres runs a go on the EOSB... Hopefully in softer conditions Smile
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