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Pillows, Spines & the Freeride World Tour Boys
I went for one run after work, solo, no pack, beeps or kit. Ipod and tunes. In the lift I met curent Freeride World Tour leader Drew Tabke, competitor Kevin O’Meara and Chamonix locals Dave Searle and Davide de Masi. A 10 turn warm up took us to the pillow field of justice. A 100 foot vertical drop over a ten pillow at roughly 60 degrees. Time to send.
Shame I just had a phone camera and not the 5d but the rest of the fast skiing made me glad not to have the weight with me. With all the big mountain skiing I do nowadays, always keeping in control, I’d forgotten how much fun it is to go fast.
Drew Tabke on a fall line sending mission.
Les Courtes, Croulante Couloir
The 600/700 m line of the Croulante Couloir in red. I skied Angelique on the left last year – http://rosshewittblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/couloir-angelique-traverse-of-les-courtes/
After having the Chamonix ‘cough’ for a couple of weeks I was getting fed up and wanted to get some long days training in. With high wind forecast at altitude and 60% sun we decide to go the long way to the Courtes from the Midi with the idea as the weather deteriorated, we could turn round. It is a fair hoof in there but 6 hrs of up was just what the doctor ordered.
Gimp cave.
Still miles away.
Getting closer. Just as well, the sun beats down in the Talefre basin like the Sahara.
I tried this route 15 years ago, solo, from first bin in February. That time I was nuked by the sun by this point.
Flat light as some high cloud comes in. The snow was hard anyway.
Helbronner
Today I went to the Helbronner which is one of my favourite places to ski with big faces, arretes and long couloirs. We started off with a run under the cables with Cedric Bernardini, Luca Pandolfi and Tom Grant and found good sluffing snow. After another couple of laps there we were joined by Dave Searle and Ally Fulton and went for a team social ski down the Marbree to finish.
Dave Searle enjoying the powder in the Marbree.
Michelle below the Marbree.
Tournier Spur into Col du Plan
This was a fantastic run that I did a while back with Oli Willett. The photos speak for themselves and this photo diary wouldn’t be complete without it.
Ross Hewitt Guiding 