EMSC
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After 2 days on the south facing terrain at Brevent and Flegere, I finally had the chance to ski the north facing slopes in Chamonix. My brother arrived late Thursday, but without any luggage (while now found, British Airways has yet to deliver it). So we ended up messing around geting equipment rented and did not hit the slopes till late morning te first day.
We went with the 4 hour ticket to get my brothers legs under him on our first day. The weather was back to sunny and very warm. The snow stayed wintery for the most part except flatter spots and some west facing terrain. It's pretty firm underneath so thank godness for the few inches of new they had several days before our arrival.
Some nice long runs can be had and the scope of the upper tram can be very deceiving. It is over 4k vert and while some better terrain to ski to the very bottom, few do so the full vert is rarely used. There is a very spectacular run behind a ridge of rock when looking up from the mid station. It follows a glaciated valley. Even more spectacular to think about is that the top of the mountain is something like 3k feet higher than the top tram.
Our second day was similar to our first but with a few clouds early, then a heavy overcast by early afternoon. That was fine since we needed to leave for La Grave by roughly then anyway. Still getting used to the scale and extreme verticality of the alps. Even with wide angle lenses on the camera you can't show the coulier and the top of the next nearby mountain at the same time.
Lots of pics will appear at some point, but I'm writing this on a small android pad not a pc.
We went with the 4 hour ticket to get my brothers legs under him on our first day. The weather was back to sunny and very warm. The snow stayed wintery for the most part except flatter spots and some west facing terrain. It's pretty firm underneath so thank godness for the few inches of new they had several days before our arrival.
Some nice long runs can be had and the scope of the upper tram can be very deceiving. It is over 4k vert and while some better terrain to ski to the very bottom, few do so the full vert is rarely used. There is a very spectacular run behind a ridge of rock when looking up from the mid station. It follows a glaciated valley. Even more spectacular to think about is that the top of the mountain is something like 3k feet higher than the top tram.
Our second day was similar to our first but with a few clouds early, then a heavy overcast by early afternoon. That was fine since we needed to leave for La Grave by roughly then anyway. Still getting used to the scale and extreme verticality of the alps. Even with wide angle lenses on the camera you can't show the coulier and the top of the next nearby mountain at the same time.
Lots of pics will appear at some point, but I'm writing this on a small android pad not a pc.
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