 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Looks a fantastic day out - some great pics there. Now that's what I need to be doing 
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brian
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Arno, Looks like an amazing day! That ridge looks petrifying though.....I think possibly a little too hard core for the likes of me! 
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Arno, fabulous. Don't know why you had to side slip into the couloir though 
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Arno,
Great effort and you'll know where to take us next year, I hope 
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Arno, Amazing stuff, pretty inspiring.
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Excellent looking trip...and it looks as if at least some of the snow is better than "touring quality"  . Great photo of the couloir...and it wouldn've been better if you'd skied it - I'm sure you'd have managed it on those Pro Riders.
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GrahamN, i was on the pro riders - part of my fitness regime for touring in a couple of weeks. anything will seem light after them! the sideslip was actually only 20-30 feet so no great loss not to ski it. the slope opened out a bit then and got a teensy bit less steep. i was first down one section and it was great fun with sluff raining down around me 
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| Arno wrote: |
Our reward was the Glacier de Cochette. Anthony reckoned we might have been the first to ski it this season. |
Anthony is likely to be correct.
Nice TR. Thanks for posting.
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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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Nice pics - looks great.
Is Anthony English? Think I may have just met him in a hut on Gran Paradiso. TR may follow...
J
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| jedster wrote: |
Nice pics - looks great.
Is Anthony English? Think I may have just met him in a hut on Gran Paradiso. TR may follow...
J |
Yep - poshest guide you're ever likely to meet 
Where's that TR?
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You know it makes sense.
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that's him -nice bloke
I'll sort a TR out
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Arno, dont like the look of that ridge!!!
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Poster: A snowHead
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...I thought I had commented on this the first time around? maybe on TGR...
it's an excellent reminder that I'll be enjoying going to Alpe D'Huez this February, before the French hols....
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I just discovered this, dont know how? it appears the last message was months ago!!
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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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Rossfra8, Call that a ridge? hehehe
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i think the fact your name is "Scarpa" gives away quite alot, allow me to introduce myself, "Grolsch"
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Great to see. Thanks for sharing those pics.
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awesome pics guys im so envious 
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Arno,
I think I managed to follow bits of it on an old piste map...although I suspect you are over the backside quite a bit.
You rejoined at Vaujany then..?
Is this the sort of thing your Eagles will be doing..??
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Arno, that is fantastic. Wouldn't be very keen on going up that ridge in ski boots . . . or at all to be honest. How safe is it tramping over glaciers though ??
I did a days guided piste in Alpe d'Huez. Where you've got your first picture we dropped in to the first valley. Some guy picked us up in his van and dropped at the back of the ski area across the valley to the right as you look up from the main resort base.
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hadn't noticed the newish traffic on this...
JT, the route is off the back most of the way until you get onto the Glacier Cochettes, which would be on the extreme left hand side of the piste map. you end up in Vaujany.
hopefully we'll have a few days like this on the Eagles trip
Nickski, some glaciers are more dangerous than others. most of this trip was on glaciers but they aren't very crevassed. we probably didn't even bother taking harnesses actually but i can't remember.
sounds like you did the Grand Sablat which is a classic in that area
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| Arno wrote: |
Nickski, some glaciers are more dangerous than others. most of this trip was on glaciers but they aren't very crevassed. we probably didn't even bother taking harnesses actually but i can't remember. |
You obviously haven't seen those glaciers in summer  . Still I know what you mean.
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davidof, ignorance is bliss
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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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On a better note, with the early decent falls, there should be a chance that the snow has filled in a few crevasses already so the likes of the Vallee Blanche might open earlier than usual. I hope so as I will be in Chamonix on the 18th Jan...
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Arno,
I couldn't follow it that far on the little piste map I was working from but will have to keep an eye on your Eagles trips..
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You know it makes sense.
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JT, the Col du Couard is marked on the piste map I think but you are getting well off piste on this one so the piste map doesn't really give a proper impression
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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BUMP because I will be heading out here in a week's time
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Poster: A snowHead
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Arno, yep, mine's a beer
txt us for an on-the-spot weather report.
Not sure our hotel has i-net
We need to think about 'dinner' sat or sun.
Are all our mobiles the same as last year?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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JT, my mobile is the same; think you PMed me yours not so long ago
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Arno,
Good bump...just read back through this thread and it sets a very nice tone.....getting a bit excited now...
I think I might have to pull off a few pics of a recent trip and post them.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Arno,
Enjoyed re-reading that report
Give us an update when you're back. I'm heading to AdH at the beginning of April with the family. Suspect I can negotiate a pass-out for at least one day and am wondering whether this justfies skiing on my AT stuff all week...
Cheers,
J
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jedster, you can get to a lot of good stuff by bootpacking for 20mins or so so AT gear isn't absolutely necessary. this particular route does require it though
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Wonderful pictures. Who says there's no passion left in skiing?
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