 Poster: A snowHead
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After getting shut down by the weather (encore bravo, Meteo France (more to follow on this...)) on Friday, Saturday morning dawned reasonably clear, and saw Guy & myself champing at the bit down at the Midi station at 8a.m. for first lifts.
Sadly, due to 'snow-clearing' the first lift didn't head up until 9.30a.m.!, and with plenty of new snowfall over the last 3 days a 'short up' day was called for.
Donning skis partway down the arete we were pleasantly surprised to find a decent layer of fresh from the nights showers:
So it was fresh tracks down skiers right of the Rognon, until a hard right traverse set us up for the skin & bootpack to the top of La Noire north face (centre of picture):
Nice day for a wander:
At the top of the North Face, route-finding about to begin - roll-offs everywhere so a bit of prior scoping is a good thing... The Salle a Manger some 800m below:
The snow didn't quite live up to expectations, with a variable layer of powder on top of a variably breakable (or not) layer of crust over more softness...not unpleasant to ski, but concentration needed on every turn..:
Looking into the exit gully:
You don't want to head down the wrong bowl or you end up above this:
The Géant icefall looking spectacular as always:
Looking back at the face, a good descent though definitely a soft-touch for the 5.2 it gets in the Toponeige:
Video from the descent to follow shortly...
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Wed 12-05-10 9:40; 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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very nice
how are things filling in? any big "projects" on the cards?
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offpisteskiing, nice again, beginning to think I should have put more effort into finding a cheap place to stay in Cham and stayed out another month or so.
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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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dreamguides, Well obviously the fact that we are both uber-gnarlers makes anything less than overhanging snow seem like a green run!!  (No tongue-in-cheek smiley available...)
Arno, always plenty of big projects but the weather is being a bit fickle at the moment... overseas plans shelved though for this spring...
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Great stuff again.
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offpisteskiing, Incredible just incredible... thx
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offpisteskiing, very nice! Are you still in Chamonix?
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Beautiful and really well shot, obv living the dream!
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