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Drawn to the Dark Side

26th Feb 2015by rosshewittguiding3 Comments

Hotter than the Sahara.

Its times like these you need spanking paddles on your feet. Born in the Chamonix Valley these preceded poor imitations such as ‘verts’ and enable easy bootpacking in chest deep powder.

Minna about to cut the snow on the rope.

Making the turns count in the hanging couloir above the cliff before we went over the marshmallow on the left to the hanging snowfield.

Someone needs to put in a bolt anchor in these climate change years as the old one on the spur is out of reach with skis on now forcing a tough transition to boots to bounce test the dark age slings. There’s good rock on skiers right that doesn’t have water ice under the snow like old anchor on the rib, perfect for skiing into the anchor. Titty deep, you can’t argue with that.

Cold snow lying undisturbed with handfuls of hoar frost, above and below the last layer.After the technical turns in the couloir it was stunning to just let rip down the meadows to Buet.

The Italian Job

7th Feb 2015by rosshewittguidingLeave a comment

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.

Chamonix Ski Album 2014

11th Jun 2014by rosshewittguiding1 Comment

I’m just back from an amazing 5 week adventure skiing couloirs in the remote fiords on Baffin Island. Before I left I didn’t get a chance to post this collection of photos from the Chamonix season (which has only just ended – btw). The season went by quickly for me and my focus was more on skiing than photography but there are still some images worth sharing.

More on Baffin later but here you go, lots of diamond studded memories from the Chamonix season thanks to: Michelle Blaydon, Dave Searle, Liz Daley, Davide de Masi, Cedric Bernardini, Mikko Heimonen, Kirsti Lehtimaki, Minna Rihiimaki, Tom Grant, Luca Pandolfi, John Minogue, Dave Rosenbarger, Greg Roche, Bjarne Salen, Jeremy Bogen, Seth Morrison and many others.

Cedric Bernardini

Cedric Bernardini John Minogue John Minogue John Minogue Dave Searle Dave Searle Dave Searle Dave Searle and Liz Daley Davide de Masi Dave Searle Searle, De Masi and Daley Liz Daley, perma-stoked
Searle, De Masi, DaleyDave Searle and Liz Daley
Liz Daley Liz Daley Dave Searle Liz Daley Dave Searle Michelle Blaydon Michelle Blaydon, Caroline Gleich and Colin Haley