Category: Ski Mountaineering
Off piste ski (and snowboard) mountaineering and touring.
Today's sports plan was to ski into the Gausta area...
After yesterday's efforts our leg muscles were knackered. Well Laetitia's and mine were. Actually if the truth be told, mostly just mine! And as Dave reported almost no aches and pains, it seems that it's true that skiing makes higher demands on the thigh muscles than snowboarding? Anyway, all of this led us to turn to the idea of enjoying some piste skiing to save ourselves from more punishment...
We decided to take Dave on the amazing Crochues-Berard traverse tour to discover Snowboard mountaineering! The climb up to the Crochues col followed by the traverse across to and climb up to the Berard col were easy. But the descent was another story...
With the promise of good weather and loads of snow in Scotland, Anna and I headed north for a day skiing.......
The team raise a glass.... with an impressive backdrop......
Anna, Laetitia, Ian and Pete tackle the world famous ski mountaineering multi-day traverse from Chamonix to Zermatt; “the” Haute Route… How hard could it be? We’d convinced ourselves that mountaineering skills were more important than skiing skills, so it should be easy, right?
A bit of a preparation is probably a good idea before starting a long adventure like the Haute Route. In our case it was essential! After setting up a belay in the snow (Anna & Ian above), our first attempt a creating a ‘z’ pulley system to practice our crevasse rescue was a disaster. In …
It’s been a while coming, but here we are back in Chamonix with the classic traverse from Chamonix to Zermatt, the Haute Route, taking up the agenda for the next week! Ian has brought a series of ‘one-day’ sized maps to use on our adventure. Ye ha, can’t wait to have it done. Although I …
Another weekend in Chamonix ski touring in warm spring conditions (10°C) and with deep powder everywhere.
