NE Couloir Col Armand Charlet

I have been dreaming about skiing this line. When i first came to Chamonix winter 2013 i saw people ski lines like this and wanted to do the same. Alot of training and waiting for the line to come in conditions we could finally ski it in the best steepskiing snow i ever skied. The line was perfect from top to bottom and so exposed alot o feelings after have skied it. Thanks Ben and Mikko for make a dream come true.

 The line! Have only been skied twice by really good skiers and snowboarders. First skied by Emmanuel Ballot 14 februari 1993.

Ben Briggs is leading up all 4 pitches on the climbing hard with skis on backpack

Mikko and Jesper is coming after.

Mikko "the machine" on the 1000m bootpack

Jesper on the top. What a view!

Jesper and Ben skiing from the col.

Ben skiing the lower part.

Mikko " I always turn" Heimonen

Col des Droites

We wanted to ski something semisteep in Argy-basin to test our shape before bigger objektivs. On the way up we meet Tom Grant and his friend Markus. It was a great day to share this line with so amazing skiers.

Tom and markus doing the tracks.

Ben

On the top

Mikko enjoy some good pow.

Tom Grant excellent skier and alpinist.

Dryskiingexpert Ben Briggs skiing pow.

Tom Grant

On the topliftstation at Grand Montets.

We had good night sleep on the toilett at Grand montets topliftstation untill an important women said we could not sleep there.

Voie Fynn-Goudet on Grande Rocheuse

Last time we tried this couloir we had only light crampons and 1 light iceaxe and it was not so easy to climb over the icefall in the start so we had to turn around. This day we was better prepared :)

This line is not very often skied but its really steep! 

On the way up.

Climbing over the little icefall that was in the start.

It was steep all way up :)

Almost at the top.

At the start of the couloir.

Jesper skiing.

Mikko in the topsection.

A traverse to reach second snowfield.

Abalakov anchor to rappel over the icefall.

After the rappel

Jesper on the rappel. The end. :)

Relaxed day high up.

Today i skied with Jeff and Nikolina on Glacier ronde. I have skied this line more then 50 times, my first season i skied this line almost every day.It was in powder and in shitsnow just to get training i have done firsttracks down it many times. This day was top 3ever on this line the snow was shit but that was something else with the day. It was first time for Nikolina and Jeff on midi they saw things that i had forgott.

On the Arete

Jeff

Nikolina

In the couloir

Nikolina Bolvede 

Jeff on Bosson

Helbronner day

Jacob Schennings and i did militaryservice together 2007-2008 and havent seen each other for 8 years untill i  meet him in Chamonix this season. He is a great photografer so we went to helbronner my favorit lift to take some photos and enjoy a great day out.

No stress on this side of the Mont blanc massif.