 Poster: A snowHead
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So how hard is it?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Which bit of it?
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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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I've only seen it up close in summer when we were up there climbing. Its interesting to say the least. I'm a confident intermediate / advanced boarder (6 weeks on a board plus a bit of skiing before) and I would give La Grave a go in good conditions but only with a guide. There are some pretty scaring looking drop-ins near the top, and is definitely challenging ski terrain - steep + glacier crevasses + rocks + drop-offs. I'd recommend a guide first time regardless of your ability, unless you are a competent mountaineer carrying rope + harness etc and don't get spooked easily!
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the rocky bits are very hard, the snowy bits not so much
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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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Going to PSV in two weeks and I might get the chance to have a day trip away from the kids.
I can get down just about any thing on my board, but I've not done a lot of very steep off piste!
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I’m no Jeremy Jones even though I do have one of his boards!
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It's dodging the tree roots at the bottom that's the tough bit 
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I don't recall it being super scary steep except the drop ins, so maybe you'll be ok. Still take a guide for half a day or so just to be safe. There is a bureau d'Guides in La Grave right near the gondola that can help (call in advance though) Also I think there are 2 intermediate stations on the gondola so you don't need to go board to the very bottom each run so less jumping tree roots required!
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Roughneck,
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Going to PSV in two weeks and I might get the chance to have a day trip away from the kids.
I can get down just about any thing on my board, but I've not done a lot of very steep off piste!
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When I have been there with boarders on the main descents the bit they find toughest is the long traverses back to the lifts rather than anything particularly steep, though you can do steep if you want it,
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