Last weekend brought even more snow to Chamonix! With the majority of the ski areas closed on Saturday, a few of us decided to go on an adventure...and we weren't the only ones. The photo is the home run (Pierre a Ric) of Grands Montets ski area. It was more like a backcountry ski tour than the usual well groomed, wide, fast piste.
We managed to get beyond Couloir Philippe with each of the group taking turns to cut the pack. Boy was it seriously hard work! We passed a group snowshoeing with their skis and boots(!) strapped to their backs...one said he hadn't expected to be doing this on his holiday and was going on a diet when he got home.
After 2.5 hours we felt like we'd done ourselves proud and decided to head down. But skiing down didn't prove that easy because the snow was so deep and it wasn't the lightest of powder. After several face plants and a few snow angels later...we worked out that the only way down was in the tracks we'd created going up. It was an amazing experience and a super mini-adventure for a Saturday afternoon!
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