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Poster:
A snowHead
Poster:
A snowHead
Not sure if this is the correct place for these nowadays, anyhow.
Last Friday 25th Jan the strong winds finally eased up so after lunch we headed up to 2800m and turned left onto the ridge which was pretty hard windblown snow.
Poling, side stepping and traversing past the entrances to Couloirs Fleur, Perrins North & South and the Epaule De La Fare we were faced with a final short climb to the entrance avoiding the rather exposed traverse.
The snow was still pretty manky with breakable crust and wind slabs everywhere making for some careful first turns. A little more climbing over some rather exposed and icy stretches and we were in the couloir proper where the snow had started to transform.
Some nice views over Vaujany/Montfrais
A few turns in some nice light powder for the final 300m and we were back on piste above the Stade at Montfrais
A nice way to round off the week but glad to have some local help with wayfinding, quite complex terrain and only one route so not one to get wrong!
Obviously
A snowHead
isn't a real person
Obviously
A snowHead
isn't a real person
pics blocked at work, but looking forward to seeing this at home
that is a nice line, all the better because you can sit on a terrace in Vaujany with a beer and look at it, while boasting to your friends about how rad you are
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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