Back in Chamonix and after 1 week of pisteskiing and some other skitouring it was time to try something new. Last year in december i was looking at this line, later that season i was there to check it out if it was possible to ski but other more interesting lines was in better conditions that i rather would go for so it never happend. This route was first climbed back in the 1890s and i have never heard anyone skied it before so it would be a possible first descent to try. Two days earlier Vivian Bruchez, Tristan Knoertzer and Ben Tibbets had skied a new line "Fou de Fouly" with soft snow and this line had almost same aspect so i asked Tom Grant if he wanted to give it a try.
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| The line first climbed back in the 1890s. |
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| We started from the first lift in Grand Montets and skinned up col du toir noir. |
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| Me climbing the the "Rideu" of this line. |
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| Tom Grant on the Rideu |
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| Tom Leading up the mixclimbing part M4 with loose rocks Well done!. Good to have a Mountainguide with you on Days like these. |
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| Me climbing after it was diffucult for me with skis on backpack |
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| At the top and the selfi ofcourse. |
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| Smooth turns by Tom. |
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| Tom skiing the ramp we had to do 60m rappel to reach the ramp. |
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| Me doing the traverse to the dryskiing part. |
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| We did dryskiing instead of make Another rappel |
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| Tom in the dryskiing part. |
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| Me on the lower part of the line. |
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| Traversing to find a good anchor for the last rappel. We did 1x40m rappel in the exit. |
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| Intense light on Aiguille de Argentiere. |
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Skiing back in the dark and a long walk back to our car. We was by the car at 19.
THE END.
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