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Today KenX the OH and Les Rando Chiens and I ski toured up the other side of the valley to the pistes up the Col de Granon road before turning off towards our destination La Gardiole, which is one of my favourites and we can often have as much un-tracked as we need, though being peak of holidays I was a tad skeptical, we even did a recce yesterday to see how far we could drive my 4x4 up the closed road, as if we had parked right at the bottom would have had to walk the final 5km or so down 
The climb at just under a 1,000m is mellow with only a couple of steep sections and we took our time waiting for the snow to cook.
Then, we had a truly superb descent, nigh on 4km in Spring Corn timing it to perfection with the snow transforming, though as we were climbing up in a strong wind we did have some doubts as to what the descent would be like.
KenX and OH climbing up with the Serre Che pistes in the background
At the summit
Ken ripping the corn
OH and the Rando Chiens
Once back at the ranch I have a mate staying who is quite a well know photographer in the valley and he was out working with the ski school today taking pics of their clients etc
He was up on the Alpage piste near the snow park when he said he looked across the other side of the valley and could make out some tracks in the sunshine, he then took a couple of snaps, and managed to actually catch us and our tracks!!
This is the low res image of the mountain
And this http://stylealtitude.com/images/gardiole1_highres.jpg ] is the link to the High Res version[/url] which clearly shows our tracks all the way from the summit and you can make us out!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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that looks a lovely ski!
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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?
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awesome
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Good work.
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I'm just a tad envious!
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Looks like a great day, I am very jealous!
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Doooh didn't realise OH renamed the High Res file so if you clicked on the link it was pic of Les Chiens.
Here's the actual impressive High Res shot - open it up and then you should get a magnifying glass to enlarge.
Here it is http://stylealtitude.com/images/gardiole1_highres.jpg
We're back up there this morning 
Fixed it for you (KenX)
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Looks awesome! 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Loving your dogs 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Looks great great thanks for that. As you earned your turns I will try not to feel too jealous.
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bet some nice corn is much easier for the dogs than powder, nice work and looks a great ski!
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