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Any body boarded in la grave?

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Hi pretty new to this forum, tried a quick search on la grave but didnt find much. Going to Les Deux Alpes on 17th of Jan, i fancy getting a guide and go to La Grave for the day. Just wondered how good and hard the place is, I have done quite a bit of off piste but have heared mixed views on the serverity of La Grave, wanted to know if its within my capabilty!? Any reviews would be brilliant. snowHead
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adam gardner wrote:
Hi pretty new to this forum, tried a quick search on la grave but didnt find much. Going to Les Deux Alpes on 17th of Jan, i fancy getting a guide and go to La Grave for the day. Just wondered how good and hard the place is, I have done quite a bit of off piste but have heared mixed views on the serverity of La Grave, wanted to know if its within my capabilty!? Any reviews would be brilliant. snowHead


PM swirly who's just headed out for a season in LDA. He's also a boarder and keen to ride la grave.

You'll need a guide regardless...
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adam gardner, La Grave has everything from dead easy to the point where I've seen people go down the most well trodden routes on blades to ridiculously severe that I wouldn't even want to look down. A guide is a definite if only to avoid the moguled up long traverse through the trees to the mid station which I imagine is a right pain on a board.

I'm no expert off piste and been there on a few occasions so wouldn't worry about the potential difficulty the real issue is finding the routes.
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Thanks for the feedback, sounds good! Im definately going to give it a go. Staying in a chalet where the guy that owns it is an instructor, he should be able to advise me on a good guide. From what i have read about the place and seen on you tube , looks juat the place for me to have fun. Dont know till you have tried it. Laughing
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Welcome to snowHeads adam gardner.

Just to add to rich's comment. La Grave has everything from dead easy to stuff that looks dead easy, but could make you dead. Easily.

No matter how well-trodden the route you need a guide. People die in La Grave every year following tracks.
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Thats fair enough I plan on having fun but being careful aswell, I know a good guide is essential.
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adam gardner, hey, get a guide. Laughing

Apart from the obvious, you're gonna die if you take a wrong turn, a guide is good because there are potentially lots of traverses and in places large moguls form, so if I was on a snowboard there I'd want someone to try and minimise that side of things.

See if you can hire a swallow tail in L2A before you go, then you'll feel more like a local. snowHead
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adam gardner, The Vallons is pretty easy although the sharp turns and flats in the forest may be a little awkward on a board. Use a guide the first time on a route until you really know your way around.
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adam gardner, have you considered getting a guide? Wink
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it's harder for a boarder than a skier because of the bumpy traverses
even the straightforward runs are long and physically demanding - a world away from a bit of powder between the pistes
it's great though Cool
















and get a guide
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Think im gonna give it a go towards the end of the holiday. Im going to stay with my mate who has been an instructor out there for a few years.
Let us know what you thought of it
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Does anybody else keep reading this thread title as something to do with bodies in graves?
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PhillipStanton,

On a serious note - quality wit!
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Yes only one word. AMAZING.

But on a more serious note, if you do not know the place get a guide or join some of the locals. Normally very willing if you know your stuff.
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I have snowboarded there, amazing on a powder day! If you regular foot the traverses are much easier as most are toe edge. My mate who is goofy had calfs like a rhino by the end of the trip!

And yes get a guide, if possible Phillipe Andre, as he is the only guide I know there who snowboards Puzzled
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EPIC

I took a pole for the traverses, stayed on the bag. We didn't take a guide but one person had been before*, we couldn't follow tracks as there weren't any Cool

Seriously you do need to know what you're doing we're quite happy doing this stuff but if you're not get a guide.
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Cant wait now, less than 2 weeks to go! Hope there is plenty of snow still.
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Hi, done La Grave twice in last two years with SCGB both skiing and boarding. Best place yet! As a boarder you will need to like moguls, traversing or tight steep trees to enjoy. I loved the place as a SCGB purple (goofy) boarder (advanced but not expert) but we did have 60cm powder several days! Philipe Andre (If that's how you spell it) is a Very experienced boarding mountian guide for la grave, and was great.
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sahsah, I agree, La Grave is a very cool place. Lot's to challenge you at all levels. Get a guide, I heard Philipe is good as well, but never used him. Have a great time.
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