 Poster: A snowHead
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Plenty of steeps at Alpe d'Huez...
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Fri 20-11-09 21:35; edited 1 time in total
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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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bad_roo, that's f***ing immense. How narrow is the Fleur normally? It never seemed to have any snow in it when we were over.
Haggis Trap has Bobby told you the story of the dog that did the Y? That was another route that didn't have any snow on it last winter, not that I'd have been anywhere near it. Other improbable lines include the Scandi entry to Banane which comes of the cliff skiers left someway down the couloir.
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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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Of course you're right it did get done I remember being amazed when I heard now. The dog was a few years back, it lived in town apparently but got in a habit of jumping on the lift and running/sliding down on it's belly. Obviously the normal descents got a bit tame for it as eventually it went up and slid down the Y  One day we saw the dog from the Chancel refuge follow a group down the Patou, maybe it has ambitions of its own.
btw, if I didn't already say, well done on Mt Blanc, must have been nice to tick it off. Shame about the Haute route though.
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Swirly, great TR. Look forward to this years installment!
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| Haggis_Trap wrote: |
Never done Trifide 3 (25m exit lob) or the Ygrec (55 degrees) - however they are both proper 'extremo', and only get skied once or twice each winter, if that. |
Looking at that video trifide 3 is more like a 6-8m mandatory drop, probably 10-13m when you add speed & overrun. Looks interesting, certainly looks a lot less difficult than i'd expect for anything in la grave that only gets hit once or twice a winter.
Now about this Ygrec, I've never heard of it before anyone got a picture or a link to it? Sounds interesting....
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Swirly, So in simple terms it's skiers left of the pan de rideau (sp?) ?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| Swirly wrote: |
bad_roo, that's f***ing immense. How narrow is the Fleur normally? It never seemed to have any snow in it when we were over.
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This is what Fleur looks like in a fairly decent snow year. In low snow/early season it narrows to a frightening sliver of snow and in a big snow year it fills in like a big half pipe.
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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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bad_roo, 
There are no words! Fantastic pictures.
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the y-grec is directly below the dodgy traverse marked on here
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You know it makes sense.
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Arno, you should use that the next time someone asks what the sarenne is like 
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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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Okay - that is a badass line.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Phillipe Andre is a great guide based in La Grave, he is one of the few that snowboards as well - he rips on his 195 swallowtaill
All this talk of ADH makes me want to explore the area, as I have always been more a Haute Savoie sort of man.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Ok, bad_roo, I accept I was ignorant - I didn't know those AdH couloirs existed.
Yes, norris, I agree - I gave his email on the 1st page.
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