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Ski Touring in the French Alps

 

 

La Grande Casse

La Grande Casse via Les Grands Couloirs, March 2005. Blue ski, fresh snow, and the whole mountain to ourselves!

 

Grande Casse
Grande Casse
Grande Casse
Grande Casse
Pointe Matthews
Pointe Matthews
Pointe Matthews
Pointe Matthews
Les Grands Couloirs
Les Grands Couloirs
Grande Casse
Grande Casse

 

Les Grands Couloirs
Les Grands Couloirs
Grande Casse
Grande Casse
Grande Casse
Grande Casse
Grande Casse
Grande Casse

 

 

Rocher Blanc

Another ski tour in the Belledone massif, this time the popular Rocher Blanc. As it was Ivan and Laurie's first ski tour, we decided to take it easy and split it into two days with a night at the Refuge de la Combe Madame. If we had known there were no mattresses and blankets in the hut (despite what we had read and been told), perhaps we would have brought sleeping bags instead of heaps of good food and fine. In any case, a memorable introduction to the finer details of ski touring for Laurie and Ivan!

 

Rocher Blanc - Refuge
Rocher Blanc - Refuge
Rocher Blanc
Rocher Blanc
Rocher Blanc
Rocher Blanc
Rocher Blanc
Rocher Blanc
Rocher Blanc
Rocher Blanc

 

Rocher Blanc
Rocher Blanc
Rocher Blanc
Rocher Blanc
Rocher Blanc
Rocher Blanc
Rocher Blanc
Rocher Blanc
Rocher Blanc
Rocher Blanc

 

 

 

Belledone

A near perfect day of ski touring in the Belledone massif. Champagne powder, bluebird skies & good company - what more could one want?

 

Belledone
Belledone
Belledone
Belledone
Belledone
Belledone
Belledone
Belledone
Belledone
Belledone

 

Belledone
Belledone
Belledone
Belledone
Belledone
Belledone

 

 

Beaufortain

Backcountry skiing in the Beaufortain area of Savoy, near the Mont Blanc, Christmas 2003

 

Beaufortain
Beaufortain
Beaufortain Skiing
Beaufortain Skiing
Beaufortain Skiing
Beaufortain Skiing

 

 

Chamonix

Skiing near Chamonix on my first trip to France, Christmas 2001

 

Chamonix
Chamonix
Chamonix
Chamonix

 

 


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