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Continuing with the plan of ticking off the couloir's of the Gresivaudan here was another one that had previously escaped my attention. You can see this short couloir (about 200 meters) as you come out of the Crolles peage and look up to the left. It hold snow very late in the year.
The couloir is curved which adds to the exposure. At about third way Chris and I put our crampons on and climbed.
a couple of skiers were descending. The climb seemed pretty easy but looking back the steepness of the upper slope was apparent
previous skiers seem to have side slipped the whole upper section of the couloir, leaving a series of steps and ruts and taking all the fresh snow back down to the hard base. Doh! It was possible to make turns in the powder on the banks but Chris stuck to the middle of the slope
squeeky bum time
as Chris said, not a place to blow a turn
we then skied some NW slopes. A foehn wind had blown snow onto these but what looked like a nice powder field turned out to be a frozen tracks just filled in with blown snow. Up on the slopes behind the wind had built up some accumulation which were purging in fairly impressive style. Care needed with these conditions. We skied down through the woods in heavy powder and were pleased to reach easier slopes back to the car.
Not the best days skiing, the large bowl with the frozen ruts is somewhere to re-explore in better conditions.
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davido wrote:
The climb seemed pretty easy but looking back the steepness of the upper slope was apparent
I'd say!
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davidof
, ah! - this might be what I look up at from the office window as & when I am down working in Crolles... Long walk for short couloir, or reasonable ratio of slog to fun?
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davidof
, ah! - this might be what I look up at from the office window as & when I am down working in Crolles... Long walk for short couloir, or reasonable ratio of slog to fun?
One of them anyway. The couloir is just an end really the slopes can offer great skiing but not today I'm afraid. There are more interesting couloirs but just out of site.
Just to point out to others night and day between this and the Chauchefoin route you did the other day.
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