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TR Aiguille du Fruit South Face
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What do you do when the lifties are on strike? Go hiking...

View from the top of the 800m South Face of the Aiguille du Fruit:



And the awesomely powdery looking East Face (tomorrow anyone?), left due to lifts being out of action and car (and visiting parents) in Mottaret (it was a tough decision though!!):



Fuller report on http://offpisteskiing.blogspot.com
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looks like the Aig de Fruit has some interesting possibilities
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Oh yeah, North side 6 (approx) couloirs. West face 1 big one and 3-4 smaller ones (these ones are not often in great nick), South Face, East Face has several possibilities....a mountain for all seasons...not huge - up to 800m of continuous steepness (nothing really steep though) but interesting, and great for getting away from the crowds (except North Face couloirs...).
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Best bit is...you have to walk for all of them...keeps out the crowds
..! Very Happy
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indeed - i am well impressed by the lack of tracks given that i avoid the 3 valleys due to too many people (this may or may not be true but it's a prejudice i hold dear wink )
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offpisteskiing, wow that looks great, but way beyond my abilities Shocked . Im curious how you get to it. Do you go up creux noir or mount vallon.. or do you hike from Lac Tueda?
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skimottaret, Mt vallon gains you most height, through Col du Vallon then down & right towards the refuge du saut, you could do it from Creux Noirs/Col du Fruit as well but as its South facing you need to be on it early to stay safe so approach from lac tueda is the best option. It only adds 400m vert to the day, but quite a lot of flat...
The slope isn't that steep really, high 30s, 40-45 for the last 100m to the ridge. Bit exposed in the top 400m though I suppose as your skiing above rocks/crags alot of the time.
Hoping the strike is off tomorrow so I can go back and leave a track in the powder on the East face...
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Arno, yep, plenty of quiet spots round here...just need to know where to look. Such a huge lift served area and 99.9% of skiers all on the piste or the 'classic' off-pistes, leaving the rest of the mountains (and there's an awful lot within easy reach), for the 0.1% Toofy Grin
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offpisteskiing, we skied the col du fruit to mottaret from the creux noir the other week and it was beautiful, saw some chamois .. That is a fair hike up from tueda to the Refuge du saut. I did it this summer and it was a good few hours... am i right in thinking your route roughly follows #30 from the givois book?

From your pictures i recon i could have a go at the lower section, might give the last 100metres up the ridge a miss though Toofy Grin
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nice place.... As Arno I avoid 3vallées because too much people and too much "cruise" skiing, and I only know Val Thorens (Some nice spots from Caron and pierre lory)..... Maybe it needs a change in my mind and give an oportunity to discover places like Aig. du Fruit.... wink wink wink
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Please keep avoiding 3vallees, it's far too crowded Wink

check out the "crowds" skiing out this off piste slope, easy to find, no skinning required and this is during easter hols..the tracks are our previous 2 runs Smile

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kitenski, with photos like this, do you think that we can keep 3vallees untouched and avoided???? Laughing Laughing Laughing
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