Now I know what you are thinking, it's only 45° to 55° over 600m/E3. Well E3, dangly bits I say, if you fall anywhere near the top, you die. Point final. However the thing to remember is the snow was hard. Another ski group decided to descend the 600 meters with a series of abseils which took them around 4 hours. Anouck and Paul Millet skied the slope in 10 minutes. Respect.