Chéré gully
The chéré gully is a classic on Chamonix. Despite very dry conditions, we chose this route with Baptiste. And it was very nice between hard ice and rock, because now this gully happens in dry. Then it was the funny … Continued
Chourum Olympique
The Chourum Olympic at Grand Ferrand in Dévoluy is certainly one of the most beautiful climbs in ski touring. That’s why, to avoid the current heat and the Sunday crowd, we attacked at 4am. 9am we were at the top, … Continued
First Vallée Blanche – 2019
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The weather is good, the conditions are satisfactory to make the “Vallée Blanche”. The descent of the Aiguille du Midi not being in place, we pass by the Italian side. It’s also a good way to approach this descent in … Continued
Oberland ski trip
Crossing the Oberland, 6 days with Philippe, Philippe (no it’s not hi-ho echo) and Laure. On paper, it was not won. Chamonix is the mordor, the Oberland too. Finally this is what we thought before discovering through 6 beautiful days … Continued
Vallée Blanche
We enjoy a wonderful weather currently on the Alps. Although the snow has not fallen for a while, the conditions for the Vallée Blanche remain excellent and we will ski once again to Chamonix. ” template=”default” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]
Vallée Blanche
The weather forecast was not very pretty. And then finally, by dint of looking at the forecasts, it decided that yes, ok, it would be nice weather. Indeed the snow is rather matted by the wind at the top, but … Continued
Rive Gauche d’Argentière
Rive Gauche d’Argentière : 2 classic icefalls but still as beautiful: Déferlante, Minuscule Gully. The right bank of Argentière did not inspire confidence. large breaks are visible at the foot of most waterfalls. Yet, Shiva was made in the day! … Continued
Vallée Blanche
Vallée Blanche with Marc and Arturo to Chamonix. 30cm of powder to ski. It was good, so we did it twice. A run by “le petit envers” and forth on the classic to enjoy beautiful virgin slopes. Then ” Le … Continued
backcountry skiing – Grands Montets
As our friend John Snow would say, “Winter is comming” and that’s for sure. After 4 years of scarcity, it feels good. So last Saturday, we went to see this more ready to Grands Montets, and it’s not bad at … Continued
Traversée des Perrons
We had to attempt the crossing of the famous and beautiful Forbes Ridge at the Chardonnet. The weather not at all nice with us, propose us a single day of beautiful before “winter is comming”. Direction mountain at low altitude … Continued