Posts Tagged: Ski touring

Ski and Fly: Col du Passon

Absence of snow this year is horrible. Basically, no snow below 1700m. At the same time the snow is not that bad at high altitude. The solution – we ski-tour and ski while high, and then fly down to the bottom of the valley! The idea is inspired by https://fr.theunlimitedliste.fr/ (but simpler – this is… Read more »

Pic de Jallouvre: Tour du Jallouvre ski tour

Я очень люблю этот скитур: вокруг Pic de Jallouvre: Tour du Jallouvre – 3 перевала, 3 прекрасных спуска, 1400м набора высоты.      

Ski tour Brévent-Brèche de Bérard-village du Buet

It was snowing during the week and very cold, thus we expected to have some fresh powder on north slopes. We took a lift to Brevent station (24 euro). We traversed Aiguilles Rouges (massif of the Mount Blanc, Chamonix) by the route Col de Bérard : Traversée Brévent >> Col de Bérard – beautiful “hidden”… Read more »

Skitour. Haute Pointe : Versant SE (Voie normale)

Easy skitour to Haute Pointe : Versant SE (Voie normale). After difficult week we both were sick and tired. Thus we were not able to do nothing more than easy route of 600 m. We started from Sommand – nice small village with ski resort. It was warm in sun, but pretty cold in shade…. Read more »

Tardevant: par la Combe de Tardevant. Ski tour with UniGe.

Ski tour with Michel Piola and Christian Hug at Tardevant: par la Combe de Tardevant. All week was raining and/or snowing, thus – many avalanches in mountains. But at Chaine des Aravis the situation was better and snow more stable. So, we went to Tardevan.