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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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nice!
what's the exposure like on that line? i feel that for my own steep skiing to improve I need some nice steep pitches without scary cliffs to fall off
edit: not that I am contemplating going to that particular couloir for training purposes...
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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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Arno Bottom of the face (out of shot left in last shot), is mostly seracs... The face is exposed-ish in a 'steep & don't really want to fall down it' kind of way...
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Fri 1-05-09 16:00; edited 1 time in total
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Look forward to seeing this TR when I can get at the pics..:lol; sounds good
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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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Arno, was going to say... there are possibly better 'stepping stones' than this... 
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WOW... is it the face you can see from Courchevel? as per the summer photo taken from the Saulier cable car station?
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offpisteskiing, i discovered on my most recent trip that (for me at least) there is a threshold where, even if there is a nice run-out and nothing to hit, falling looks like a really bad option!
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skimottaret, your photo looks like the "normal" touring route up there but stand to be corrected - about 40 degrees at its steepest
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Arno, right gotcha, the photo i took is of the west face i am guessing the italliens is on the south or s east face?
crikey if the west side is "only" 40 i couldnt imagine the other side at 50 55deg !!!!
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skimottaret, you can see the face with the couloir Italiennes very well from the Espace Killy. Think it's the N face. I think the obvious peak on the photo entitled "Face du Jour" is the left-hand summit on your photo
And yes I spend far too much time looking at lines i will probably never ski 
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skimottaret, Your piccy shows the Grands Couloirs - the 'normal' route up the W of the mountain. Couloir des Italiens is on the North face, there's even bigger & badder things to do on the South face (think s. face direct gets 5.5, 1500m at 45-55 degrees... yikes!).
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here's a pic nicked from skitour.fr of the north face
skimottaret, i haven't skied anything remotely as gnarly as that
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You know it makes sense.
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offpisteskiing, wow very, very nice!
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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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Woohooooo... In the bag from the very top today.... Couldn't get over the nagging feeling of not quite finishing the job on Friday, so up we went again....
Happy days.. top conditions... time for a beer... (or three..)
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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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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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offpisteskiing, Another great trip report.
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La Grand Casse - super hyper cool 
Nice one!
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if at first you don't succeed etc...
what a great line to have ticked off!
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Those are some pretty big grins after the second assault, fantastic achievement..
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Haggis_Trap, Hey D, just seen your Lochaber Haute Route pics... great stuff! - Had a similar day to that in 96 (?) - starting from Glen Nevis Youth Hostel, down #4, up to CMD, down CMD & out to bottom of Quad at NR, then finished off with Easy Gully... quality...
Question: Much snow still in the gullies at the mo? Got a flying visit back to home in a weeks time - worth putting in the ski gear? I'm assuming the major gullies will still have a good fill...
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Haggis_Trap, congrats on Mt Blanc.
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You know it makes sense.
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offpisteskiing, Fantastic stuff. I love looking at the Grand Casse from all around the Tarentaise - one of the most beautiful in the world I think.
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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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offpisteskiing, amazing photo's, I can't imagine what it must feel like to be skiing that sort of mountain territory.....
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Poster: A snowHead
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offpisteskiing, Fantastic stuff. I love looking at the Grand Casse from all around the Tarentaise - one of the most beautiful in the world I think.
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What a good excuse to show another pic of offpisteskiing, this time from the other side and on his touring gear:
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