Riding Spines

Epic snow conditions today riding spines at Entreves with friends Liz Daley and Davide de Masi.Davide de Masi riding spines-helbronnerDavide de Masi riding spines-helbronner 2Davide de Masi riding spines-helbronner-6Liz Daley helbronner 4Liz Daley Helbronner -5

Rectiligne Couloir, Pas de Chevre

First bin up Grands Montets. The mercury reads -20C. We’ve queued for an hour and the cold has crept insidiously up through the soles of ours boots and numbed our toes. The snow in the Pas de Chevre is untouched and it will be a race to there first. Running down the stairs creates some warmth but as I ski into shady Pas de Chevre the wind chill is impressive and I feel my cheeks and nose freezing and I have to stop to rewarm my hands. As we drop into the 400 m straight chute of Rectiligne Couloir its like showering in -20C with overhead blower stripping any remaining heat from my body… but its also subliminal and it would be sacrilege to stop.

Photos from Dave Searle

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Brenva Cirque

Tour Ronde SW

Skiing off Tour Ronde towards the Brenva Glacier. Thanks to Davide de Masi for the photo.

Italy

The fog prematurely shut us down today, but it was still fun in the trees and plenty of entertainment from coffee fuelled banter in the cafe.
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Testing Berghaus’s Frendo kit. Helbronner