Tour Ronde – Ross Hewitt Guiding

Tour Ronde Brenva

22nd Feb 2013by rosshewittguidingLeave a comment

This week I have had the fortune and pleasure of two runs down in the Brenva cirque in great powder throughout the 2000 m + descent. The first run entered the Brenva Glacier down Couloir Cache, the second time we took the South West Couloir from the summit of Tour Ronde. This time I enjoyed the company of Michelle and Andy Benson.

The Brenva Face of Mont Blanc in the background.

The amazing backdrop of the icy North Face of the Aiguille Blanche de Peuterey, first skied by Anselme Baud and Patrick Vallencent, and its impressive rocky East Face which has only been skied by Italian Maestro Stephano de Benedetti in the early 80’s. De Benedetti poetically describes his motivation and rewards for taking on the immense psychological challenges of Big Mountain Skiing in the clip below from the movie ‘Steep’. Check it out:

More Couloir Cache Photos

17th Feb 2013by rosshewittguiding1 Comment

Sylvain sent me through his photos from yesterday’s run: With a lot of fresh cooking in this suntrap I tied on to make the traverse to the couloir.

Couloir Cache

16th Feb 2013by rosshewittguidingLeave a comment

A 5 star day out in the Brenva cirque with Sylvain Reynaud. Never had it so good from the top to the bottom on this 2000 m run.
Couloir Cache

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