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I've been sick, on and off, since the start of March. This hasn't stopped me getting some skiing in but it has been pretty hard keeping up with some of the beardies.
Anyway yesterday I was on my own. This meant I could take it easy. Stop now and again and take a look around. I decided to head to the Gleyzin. It is not uncommon to ski back to the car park at 1100 even at the end of April but this year we are about 4 weeks in advance of a normall spring.
First off we had to cross that old Indian semetary with strange supernatural powers. It is said that creatures buried there come back to haunt the living.
The season's over for the unknown skier
The climb goes past the superb Refuge d'Antoine Cros. Antoine formed the Allevard ski club way back in 1923. I'll dig out a photo of the first trips from that date. The refuge is really superb, at least by French standards.
High up and looking back towards Allevard Les Bians.
How green is my valley?
ahead was the Col de la Comberousse and the superb Puy Gris
Puy Gris
The awesome Pointe de la Comberousse hoved into view
Route
and as luck would have it a red track showed the correct route to the summit.
here is another look at the
Puy Gris
, this time from the summit. We had toured to the col a couple of times this winter both to the
cold north side
and
south side
. The Aiguilles d'Arve are visible to the right.
Aiguilles d'Arve
Here is the view back down the face, the Comberousse is a real mountain. Rather than exiting onto a wide summit plateau you have a narrow ridge with drops on all sides. The start of the face is around 50 degrees but this rapidly levels out to 40-45 degrees.
Ooooh
It almost makes me weep to see the lack of snow in mid-April. Conditions are more like the end of May. Here we are looking towards the Savoie and Mont Blanc
le Mont Blanc
The glaciers at les Deux Alpes don't look so bad
la Meije + Girose
More detail here:
http://pistehors.com/backcountry/wiki/Isere-Drome/Pointe-De-La-Comberousse
On the way back down I startled a lady sunbathing on the pastures above the village. "You've been skiing?" she asked looking at the skis on my back?
"Yes"
"but it is off-piste!"
"erm, yes that's the point".
Obviously
A snowHead
isn't a real person
Obviously
A snowHead
isn't a real person
How far down could you ski?
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?
davidof
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Great pics..as always
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Hoppo wrote:
How far down could you ski?
Real snow line is around 1650 meters on shaded slopes (north-west) but I skied down to 1550 via avalanche debris.
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