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Col des Cristaux

3rd May 2019 by rosshewittguiding Leave a comment

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Continuing the theme of distractional posting with some ski shots from around the Planet. 📷 1 by me. Michelle Blaydon in Lofoten, Norway 🇳🇴 📷2 by me. Michelle Blaydon passing thru the vapors on Ilaima Volcano. 📷3 by Michelle Blaydon. Me skiing in Frey, Patagonia, Argentina 🇦🇷. 📷4 by me. Skiing a new line with Tom Grant top down onsight on the West Face of Ellie de Beaumont, NZ🇳🇿. 📷5 by me. It’s a monkey 🐒 in a jacuzzi init. Nagano Province, Japan 🇯🇵 . 📷6 by me. The South Face of Darwin, NZ🇳🇿. Tom Grant and myself skied the 1st descent of the steep line left of centre. 📷7 by Pete Benson. Aurora Borealis over Denali, Ruth Gorge, Alaska, US 🇺🇸. 📷8 by me. Fogged in and window shopping under Mt Green in return from the West Face of Eli’s de Beaumont. We were moving fast that day to make it back to Tasman Hut before dark after being bumped off several choppers on the way in to the hut. 📷9 by Pete Benson. Me skiing matchsticks (Is been doing some long missions from the roads in La Grave the 2 seasons before) in 2006 with the Moose’s Tooth and Mt Barille in the Ruth Gorge, Alaska, US 🇺🇸. 📷10 by me. The road to 3800 m Lanin Volcano of the Chile 🇨🇱 Argentina 🇦🇷 border where we were off to ski the 1000 m NE couloir which is like a Cosmiques. At the bivi hut we met the forlorn faces of Adam Clark and Brody Leven whose stove wasn’t working. @petzl_official @lenz_products @julbo_eyewear @snowcountry.eu @plum_officiel @conceptchamonix @arvaequipment @sapaudiabrewing.co @sapaudia.beer.team #skiing #freeride #powder #skitouring #backcountry #sidecountry #health #fitness #fun #training #nutrition #glacier #alps #outdoors #outside #adventure #explore #guide #mountainguide #ifmga #weareskiing #fuckcovid-19

Human nature is funny how we always want whats not on the menu. Too much time in the mountains and fatigue has us dreaming of couch time, beer, pizza and netflixs. Too much time behind the desk or injured and our imagination takes us to rad adventures in far flung places. Its really all about being free to make those choices and a lot of us have deeply indulged in that freedom or lived vicariously through others adventures in recent times. Well right now in the first weeks of lockdown and the comfort of our own homes, the forbidden fruit never looked so ripe. Our first trip to Baffin’s North East Fiords was definitely adventurous. Our sleeping bags were rated for -40C comfort, -75C extreme. Initially I’d go to bed wearing 8-10 layers on my upper body. My boots had a -100C rating on them. There were a lot of unknowns that could jeopardize our trip in a whole multitude of ways & for most of us it was our first experience of the Polar Arctic. We planned to use skidoos to drop us deep in Gibbs Fiord & over 5 weeks explore unsupported for ski lines & travel through Stewart Valley, Walker Arm & Sam Ford Fiord. After travelling over unforgiving sea ice for 12 hours on a wooden Komatic sled towed behind a skidoo we started to see skiable lines on Scott Island which guarded the entrance to Gibbs Fiord. I’d had enough of the rough ride with the battering causing an escalating tension headache, unforgiving wind chill and toxic exhaust fumes from the skidoos. We decided to get dropped off there, some 40 km short of our intended start point. That was a pretty real moment as our Inuit guides took off on the journey home, the remoteness and cold was nearly overwhelming, but at the same time I felt excited and my body tingled and felt invigorated with the prospects of what lat ahead. The polar night was upon us and temperatures were plummeting. You could literally feel heat being sucked from you into the vastness of Baffin Bay. As we rallied to get the camp set up, I glanced over to Michelle who was wide eyed and scared. She raised her arms part way and dropped them to her side just like a questioning kid ‘what now?’ Now the adventure begins.

Powder touring today with Will and Huw Owen @blackcrows_skis @scarpa_uk @petzl_official @lenz_products @julbo_eyewear @snowcountry.eu @plum_officiel @conceptchamonix @arvaequipment @sapaudiabrewing.co @sapaudia.beer.team #skiing #freeride #powder #skitouring #backcountry #sidecountry #chamonix #aosta #skywaymontebianco #health #fitness #fun #training #nutrition #glacier #alps #outdoors #outside #adventure #explore #guide #mountainguide #ifmga #weareskiing

Fast Rond this morning with @tof_henry and @pe_papy_millet. These boys bring out the best in each other and were simply on fire today 🚀🚀🚀🔥🔥🔥 @blackcrows_skis @scarpa_uk @petzl_official @lenz_products @julbo_eyewear @snowcountry.eu @plum_officiel @conceptchamonix @arvaequipment @sapaudiabrewing.co @sapaudia.beer.team #skiing #freeride #powder #skitouring #backcountry #sidecountry #chamonix #aosta #skywaymontebianco #health #fitness #fun #training #nutrition #glacier #alps #outdoors #outside #adventure #explore #guide #mountainguide #ifmga #weareskiing

It’s that time of year when the Aiguille du Midi starts to get good and we revisit its classics. Glacier Rond with @pe_papy_millet @boulonchx @outdoor.jake @blackcrows_skis @scarpa_uk @petzl_official @lenz_products @julbo_eyewear @snowcountry.eu @plum_officiel @conceptchamonix @arvaequipment @sapaudiabrewing.co @sapaudia.beer.team #skiing #freeride #powder #skitouring #backcountry #sidecountry #chamonix #aosta #skywaymontebianco #health #fitness #fun #training #nutrition #glacier #alps #outdoors #outside #adventure #explore #guide #mountainguide #ifmga #weareskiing

Final day of Chamonix steep for Matt and Dan on Brevent with the classics of ENSA couloir and the Hotel Face featuring. An amazing cycle which has featured chest deep powder in the trees, an ultra fast Marbree, touring to the Epaule du Tacul (one of my favorite Chamlines) for 1000 m of blower, and today on Brevent. Good effort lads, hope your are tired 😴 now! @blackcrows_skis @scarpa_uk @petzl_official @lenz_products @julbo_eyewear @snowcountry.eu @plum_officiel @conceptchamonix @arvaequipment @sapaudiabrewing.co @sapaudia.beer.team #skiing #freeride #powder #skitouring #backcountry #sidecountry #chamonix #aosta #skywaymontebianco #health #fitness #fun #training #nutrition #glacier #alps #outdoors #outside #adventure #explore #guide #mountainguide #ifmga #weareskiing

Lovely day touring up high from Aiguille du Midi

Deep Marbree followed by Entreves Spur with Matt and Dan @blackcrows_skis @scarpa_uk @petzl_official @lenz_products @julbo_eyewear @snowcountry.eu @plum_officiel @conceptchamonix @arvaequipment @sapaudiabrewing.co @sapaudia.beer.team #skiing #freeride #powder #skitouring #backcountry #sidecountry #chamonix #aosta #skywaymontebianco #health #fitness #fun #training #nutrition #glacier #alps #outdoors #outside #adventure #explore #guide #mountainguide #ifmga #weareskiing

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