ski holidays
- Gordon Gekko
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ski holidays
yo! we just came back from a week of total leisure up here http://www.la-grave.com/english/portfol ... ures02.php this place is great for young and crazy free riders that enjoy challenges, mid and old timers that are still game to live up to it. this is a cross country downhill xtreem and unsecured skiing that haunts your dreams at night, way after you came back to your home and then it gets you addicted for the next season. most of those pictures were taken at 3400m
enjoy
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- Gordon Gekko
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It sure does deserve much respect. Funny thing is that we picked it up from the internet not knowing what it was really like; there are only two slopes up on the glacier that are mechanically worked out, blue coded, that is, quite easy for anyone who can stand on a pair of skis. Then there is the rest; unmarked slopes coded black, which are never mechanically worked out. So you have to be really careful of where you decide to go. It is strongly recommended by the staff not to follow ski tracks that you don't know where they are going, because some people combine ski with climbing and are equipped with ropes and 'baudriers'astroman wrote: the terrain deserves respect - it's not Disneyland
So on the first day of skiing, we chose to play it safe and rent a guide services to lead us. I strongly recommend doing the same for people that might want to get there: don't go alone thinking this is just another tourist ski resort
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You lucky bastard legros, it's the second time you go this winter!
And a third time next week-end?
check this out guys
http://www.la-grave.com/video/M-512.MPG (big 76mb)
This video made us decide to go there in the first place.....
And a third time next week-end?
check this out guys
http://www.la-grave.com/video/M-512.MPG (big 76mb)
This video made us decide to go there in the first place.....
- Gordon Gekko
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that means, don't forget your sun glasses. I don't 'see' how people can go there without em. We came back late yesterday from what looks like our last ski trip this year my legs hurt as if I had been going up and down the stairs of a 30 stories high building, 20 times in a row. aw man what a great sportdont get snow blind
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What perfect snow conditions - it's been a good season all over hasn't it?
Snow blindness - my first ski trip was to Glenshee in Scotland and being ignorant I never thought about the glare from the sun on snow.
Suffered with my eyes for 20 years now. My poor wife had to drive the whole journey home.
Memo to self - start skiiing again.
Great photos - thanks for sharing them.
Snow blindness - my first ski trip was to Glenshee in Scotland and being ignorant I never thought about the glare from the sun on snow.
Suffered with my eyes for 20 years now. My poor wife had to drive the whole journey home.
Memo to self - start skiiing again.
Great photos - thanks for sharing them.
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Yes great year. We went in december around christmas and the snow was there already. This mountain (la meije) is north sided and you can ski as high as 3400m.. so whenever snow falls, it stays good for quite a long time -the probability that it melts is low- I haven't seen any ice in three trips this year, but I guess we must have been a little lucky; we arrived last thursday night and heavy snow fell friday all day, la meije was closed then but we could still do a couple of runs at les deux alpes which is located about 25kms up north. On saturday la meije opened and it was a dream, skiing in 40 cms of virgin snow even Noémie who's not been doing a lot of skiing in her life had fun going from 3200m to 2400m. A few falls too, she was literally buried under itNeil B wrote:What perfect snow conditions - it's been a good season all over hasn't it?
the only downside is the risk of avalanches, you have to carry arvas so you can be quickly located in any events. That's part of the game -and yes the 'fun'- I guess.
A note on both mountains: they are linked together at the top. You can walk from la meije to les deux alpes a 2-3 kilometers run at 3600m which is completely amazing. But be sure not to have any heart condition, it is quite exhausting.
that's the good part of it, never too late I've seen 70 years old seniors go at serre chevalier which is also nearby (about 25 kms south)garyb wrote:wow, i remember snow...back in the old times, before...