With Ju, off-piste laps in Pelvoux, then skins towards La Blanche: powder on the Chastellet ridge and a turn below the summit while visibility holds.
After a few good sessions in Crévoux and Les Orres, Ju and I step things up with a full-scale powder operation in Pelvoux!
With a vague plan to skin up towards La Blanche, we start with a few laps of Le Ruisseau, one of Pelvoux’s off-piste runs.
The fresh snow is certainly there, in both quantity and quality, but watch out! The rocks are not far beneath it either!
Brimming with motivation, we stick skins onto our fat skis and head towards La Blanche. The aim is clear: find good skiing without venturing onto overly steep slopes.
Powder fever must not make us forget that conditions are tricky that day. A snowless start to winter is no guarantee of stability — quite the opposite…
An intoxicating climb along the Chastellet ridge. Almost Patagonian! Powder blows into our faces. We are already happy, forgetting the heavy skis and legs that are not quite in shape yet!
Around 100 m below the summit, the slope steepens and cloud starts descending towards us. Plenty of reasons to leave the summit alone and enjoy the good skiing below while we still have some visibility.
An incredible descent through dream powder! That loosens us up…
So we head back for another lap. This time, we stop 200 m below the summit and drop straight into the bowl. More of the same. Ridiculous!
One final run down Le Ruisseau, and we wash up at the bar, thoroughly satisfied.
The hardest part is stopping to take photos when the snow is like this!
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