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Tag: Italy
The Italian Job
This week we have been camped out in Italy and skied about 40000 m of vertical in incredible terrain. These are the days I dream about all year, skiing with friends, untracked powder, no one around and the just doing lap after lap. I also had the pleasure and honour of skiing with Italian big mountain ski legends Luca Rolli and Davide Capozzi.
My 5 days riding abruptly came to an end when my ski pre-released and launched off a the cliff under the cables and landing on a ledge.
Bright Eyes
What a weekend, 70 cm of overhead blower, storm riding bell to bell yesterday and in the high mountains on the bigger lines today. Doesn’t get much better.
The Argentiere Basin
Camping Time
This week we Dave Searle and myself went back to the Miage Glacier under Mont Blanc’s Himalayan sized West Face with the idea to have a semi-rest day and camp on day 1 and then get and early start and ski a line mid-morning before it got too hot. I had some expedition kit to test out so this provided the perfect opportunity. 
At the foot of the Miage. We soon got bored of load carrying in the heat and set up camp.
Chilling out in the evening.
My touring set up this season.
Dave’s disco tent
Our line for the day on looker’s right
Dave at the start of the 1100 m bootpack
The shrund was bottomless and we roped up
Sunrise
Upwards, on and on.
The snow deteriorated due to being worked by spindrift so we skied the good stuff
Ross Hewitt Guiding 