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The Grand Gerva
At last the Gervasutti Couloir on Tacul. A dream for over ten years. Each time I skied the Vallee Blanche there it was, like the ultimate temptress. Its one of my top 3 ski lines alongside the Couturier and Marinelli. All unbroken ski lines on stunning mountains.
Tom and myself headed up off the first bin and on Tacul met Nate who came over to the top to evaluate conditions with his connoisseur’s eye. It didn’t take him long to decide abandon his own plans for the day and come for an unexpected run!
Thanks guys!
The couloir is 800 m vertical of 45-55 degrees.
And further down the line.
Yes – smiles all round.
2013 – The Winter of All Time
Michelle Blaydon, Dents du Midi Refuge
Grands Envers
Grands Envers, Jim Lee and Roger Knox
Requin
Michelle Blaydon, Brevent
Full Moon on Aiguille du Plan
Davide de Masi, Toula
Davide de Masi, Toula
Davide de Masi, Toula
Dave Searle, Helbronner
Dave Searle, Helbronner
Michelle Blaydon, Marbree
Luca Pandolfi, Col d’Entreves
Luca Pandolfi, Col d’Entreves
Sylvain Renaud, Couloir Cache
Roger Knox, Aiguille Rouge
Hellfire on the Para Face
Dawn from Dents du Midi refuge
Dave Searle, Doigts North Couloir
Skiers in the Vrai Vallee Blanche
Michelle Blaydon, Dent Jaune Couloir
Minna Riihimaki, Midi North Face
Bird, Midi North Face
Davide de Masi, Toula
Going solo, South Face of Courtes
Mid Season Powder Day
Chamonix from Grands Montets
Wind
Ben Briggs in Cosmiques
My tracks, Cordier-Gabarrou, Courtes
My tracks on South Face of Courtes after negotiating full depth avalanche.
Minna and Bird in the Petit Gerva
Tom Grant on the Mallory
Michelle Blaydon
Nonne Eveque Couloir
Minna Riihimaki
Cream in the VB
A moody mothership
Brett Lotz in Eugster
Tom Grant
Mikko Heimonen and Speed Rider
Bird Early on Tour Ronde North Face
Luca Pandolfi, Frendo Spur
Minna Riihimaki – Tour Ronde North Face
Mikko Heimonen on Col du Plan
Sunset from the Charpoura
Mikko Heimonen on Col du Plan
Luca Pandolfi in Cosmiques
Ben Briggs on the Frendo Spur
Max Turgeon on Les Courtes NE Spur
The Finns on Col de la Verte
Bird on the Frendo
Getting close on the Frendo Spur
Bird Early, Frendo Spur
Bird Early, Frendo Spur
Minna Riihimaki, Frendo Spur
The Frendo Spur
The crew after the Frendo
The North Face of Aiguille du Midi – Eugster Couloir
The plan was to go to the Grand Gervasutti on Tacul with sunshine forecast. Tom and myself had bivouacked the previous night to get an early start but half way up Tacul in 20 m visibility it became clear that the weather had changed and we turned round and returned to the Midi completely rimed up battling the cloud and wind. Arriving at the Midi the next morning we found out that opening was delayed till 1030 so that put and end to that Gervasutti attempt. Instead we settled for a run down the North Face in Eugster Couloir. Back at the mid-station there was some technical hitch and we waited several hours until 1830 to get down. Not a good logistics day at the Midi!
Thanks to Tom, Mika and Marcus for a good day out. 
Mika took the following photos – Thanks Mika!
Frendo Fail
We went up to ski the Frendo and take photos but the overnight rain level had risen too high. Even Ben wasn’t keen for the hard snow on the lower half and the top half had only seen an angry inch.
The disappointment was soon at the back of our minds as we enjoyed some fast flowing velvet down an Envers variant reminding us that low angled can be really fun.
An unhappy Mikko
Luca and Niki looking sad. 
There will be no Frendo spine action today. 
Ben cruising on the velvet.
Ross Hewitt Guiding 