CHAMONIX - Vallee Blanche: bluebird powder day FIRST TRACKS! via the Grand Envers off piste route
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- Опубликовано: 4 апр 2022
- Its not every day that you are first out of the door at the Aiguille du Midi, let alone first out of the station and down the arete on a bluebird powder day! This Sunday was one of those special moments where the clouds departed and the planets aligned, where we were left with a blank canvas on which to paint our masterpieces! Our line of choice was the Grand Envers, the most challenging and technical of the 'classic' descents of the Vallee Blanche, taking the Midi-Plan arete right along its crest, before descending on the Glacier d'Envers du Plan and on to the Refuge du Requin. From there you have two choices, tackle the steep exit couloirs below the refuge, or head to the Salle a manger and rejoin the Classic route. We opted to join the Classic route as the exit couloirs had previously been stripped bare by the warm dry second half to the winter, making them potentially impassable. By this point, people on the other itineraries had caught up, leaving us with a nice easy cruise along the tracks back to the Grote de Glace and Montenvers.
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Hello Chamonix SkiBum
Thank you for the beautiful film. I congratulate! There are many unforgettable memories.
I wish you nice mountain tours.
With alpine greetings
Raphael Wellig
semplicemente fantastico
Amazing video! I wish to do the Vallee Blanche one day.
I noticed that in the top section you sometimes chose to ski on the icy parts where the top layer of snow had broken away already , the soft snow next to it looked much more appealing of course but was this for avalanche safety precaution? cheers!
even if skiing to the side, you would still be skiing on the firm snow underneath, the powder was only thin and soft on those sections, so it wouldnt make a difference
@@chamonixskibum ah ok, makes sense. I’ll be returning to chamonix to do the vallee blanche at some point. When is the best time to do it? I’m presuming you’ve done it many times
@@SamFullick generally march-april time. the later the better as the crevasses will be more filled in. you just want to make sure you do it before the snow has completely gone from the bottom, its a delicate balancing act!
Crazy to see how the crossing has changed since the 90s - so it has safety ropes now? That's cool!
The day I did the Vallee we had incredible fresh power at the top but the lower glacier was really lacking in snow - man that hard ice really went to town on my brand new Burton Supermodel 62. So sad! lol.
Awesome day though - what a place to ski/ride.
it depends what time of year you do it, but i am pretty sure there has been handrails on the arete at peak winter season for decades, you can still see the old wooden stakes sticking out of the ice now!
as for the line, this is the grand envers itinery, it is the most challenging of the standard lines, and goes way left of the classic line
@@chamonixskibum When I did it (late 90s) there were no ropes on the first section if I remember rightly - It's a long time ago so happy to accept I might have just forgotten!
@@Daz555Daz like i say, it depends when you did it, they might have just not equipped it for that season yet, or have already taken them down
Nice ride !!! 👍Why using the cable car to go down to Chamonix instead of skiing down ? The track from les Mottets wasn't in good condition ?
even getting to the buvette would have been a nightmare...
@@chamonixskibum Why ? I would prefer to go to the buvette than climbing the concrete steps. 😉
@@RatrackSnowDozer not enough snow. it was only a cosmetic dusting down as low as montenvers. by that point in the season the base had largely gone below 2000m
Sketchy avalanche danger there
Only on that 1 aspect where the two steeper pitches were, but they had safe run outs and were only short faces, so you could easily out run your sluff.
what date did you go?
the day before i posted the video, whenever that was... approximately last april!
That looked like 6-12" of powder. Big deal!
we can't all live in the U.S 🤣
@@chamonixskibum Sure you can, come on over. In the Pacific NW we even get a few over the head powder days. That said, I'd LOVE to ski at Chamonix, but can't afford it.