Rectiligne – Grand Envers – Rond. Great to ski with Bjarne and John for first time. And it was blower. 
Dave Searle on the Rond exit couloir
Me opening Rectiligne Couloir in perfect -20C blower.
John and Bjarne Salen is in there somewhere!
Bjarne
Tag: Grands Montets
Morning Powder
Attempt on the Gabarrou Les Courtes
Mikko, Tom and Ben chilling in the sun.
Mikko.
Luca arriving at the hanging glacier.
I’m not going well today and about to ski down. The guys blast on and ski from the summit.
Luca coming up. 
I get great snow on the way down before it got hot. About 2 turns in a section 100 m wide ripped above the serac. Would have made a good photo from below.
Col de Cristaux
Michelle has been wanting to go to Col de Cristaux for a while now so I’d been saving it up for a nice sunny spring day when things would soften up. We were joined by fellow Aberdonian climber-skiers Sandy Simpson and Andy Inglis a very social lap on this Chamonix Classic from the sunny right hand finish.
I was surprised to see a large team start up the face behind us when were we 3/4 of the way up. As things were softening up fast and I started to ski down towards them, they appeared quite distressed by the volume of sluff that the skiers on the (other) direct finish were sending down. Surely if you didn’t manage to get out of bed early enough to start with the others, you would question the wisdom of questing up a route knowing people will be skiing down and dislodging anything from 1 to 1000 Te of snow? Would you go onto a big ice route behind people without expecting to get a lot of ice in the face? A few years ago another team followed us up the ice route Omega on the Petit Jorasses. By the end both of them were bloodied and bruised from direct hits from falling ice. It certainly spoiled my day knowing that anything we dislodged was going to harm them to some degree. 
Sandy booting it.
Spot the guy climbing.
This guy definitely felt the need to get a bit more rad than necessary for a 5.1.
Michelle all cosy in a down jacket. The boys were down to mankinis.
Les Corbeaux
We spent a day testing Black Crows this week with the crew of Paul Prentice, Andrew Jordan, Sally Bartlett and Tom Grant. Some of the snow we encountered was so wet and sticky it was nearly unskiable but a bit of a giggle none the less. As the sky cleared the snow started to dry out and the best turns were found at the end of the day.
My quiver choice was the Nocta for every day downhill freeride happiness, the Corvus for a phat performance freeride tourer with low tech bindings and the Orb Freebird for a big mountain touring / steep ski. For those that prefer something a bit softer there is also plenty to choose from in the range.
Thanks guys!
Ross Hewitt Guiding 
