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TR: Dent du Pra North Couloir
 Poster: A snowHead
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With record temperatures hitting France - 35c in the valleys some snow action seemed like a good idea to freshen up. Options were limited as it is mother's day in France and I'd promised to be back for 12 noon. The North couloir of the Dent du Pra - 50 meters of 40degree slope at its steepest - looked like a good option. Only 20 minutes walk from the car and 1000 meters of vertical. Luc and I left Brignoud at 5h20 with the sky just turning a dirty orange as the first light tried to break through the thick smog hanging over much of the Alps at the moment.


Bubu and the ski resort of Le Pleynet behind



Are you thinking what we were thinking?



Climbing to the Dent - the nevé turned icy and the slope steepened



Chamois enjoying the spring weather



Two lucs engage in the descent



Lower down the hard nevé turns to soup

Topo is here: http://www.bivouak.net/topos/course.php?id_course=36&id_sport=1
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

Blimey, davidof, do youmanage to keep this up all summer?
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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?

A good nickname for those skis might be 'soup spoons' then!

Nice pics, davidof - especially impressive blue sky on pic 3. The smog in the Alps that you refer to is an ongoing disgrace - I noticed this in the valley of Turin a couple of years ago. Maybe good that motor pollution does leave some visual trace though, rather than being clear.
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davidof, I have difficulty even comprehending how lucky you are. Confused snowHead
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Weren't you suppposed to be voting in some referendum thingy today? wink

Jealousy is a terrible thing, but I have to admit to it here. One day, all of us will be able to enjoy such good fortune. Until then we shall have to live vicariously through such stories as yours.

So , on balance, thank you for sharing.

You lucky, lucky man

Cool Cool
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Luke just sent me this shot in the North Couloir - you had to ski carefully as there were quite a few rocks sticking just proud of the snow - think shark's fins or ice-bergs!
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Nice work!!! Very Happy
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