Vallee Blanche

Headed out to ski the Valle Blanche with Ciara, Alex, Rachael, and Heather today, the weathe was fantastic, and as usual the views are ridiculous.

Heres the obligatory shot looking on the line of monchu on the arete headed off the Aiguille top station....

Here is Heather, Alex and Rachael coming down the bootpack/ski

more classic photos of classic spots on a classic run....

The run down the Vallee Blanche is so mellow, but the terrain that it lets almost any level of skier travel in is so rugged its mindblowing. Since the terrain is so mellow, i spent most of the day just skiing from spot to spot shooting photos of lines i want to ski here in cham.

Here is one thats on the short list, it is the southwest couloir of Breche Puiseux, the line itself is actually supposed to be pretty mellow, but the skin up there is wierd and through very complex glaciated terrain. From the photos i took, it looks like the skinny part of this Couloir is all rocks, but i would like to head up and check for myself..... for me, the most appealing part of this line is the amazing position it lies in under these really cool spires.

And here is a photo of my favorite peak in cham, Tour ronde, it is so cool to me because of the two separate hanging ice fields ont he top and bottom of the peak...It so unique! and Jeremy Jones and Xavier De La Rue blast turns on the upper face in the TGR movie Deeper.

So after a nice trip down a classic route in Cham, we headed back to the flat to meet up with Ciara's friends Bryan and Liz, who are visiting from Tahoe....