We went for a tour in the Aiguille Rouge but had to bail from all options other than skiing down from the Col du Belvedere due to unstable snow. This left plenty of time to get out in the afternoon on my first bike ride in 6 months up to Col des Montets. Despite feeling very rusty it was a lot of fun to be out on the bike.
Tag: powder
Pillows
A few pillow shots of me from earlier in the week.
I might have overcooked this one!
Still loving my Kuros in the trees.
Midi Plan Traverse
Blower
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.
Ross Hewitt Guiding 
