Tag: Snowboarding

  • The Vallée Blanche – Off piste in Chamonix, January 2018

    The Vallée Blanche – Off piste in Chamonix, January 2018

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    The Vallee Blanche is a classic route in the French alps, a ridge walk from an epic cable car and then onto a 20km slope down through a colossal glacier above Chamonix. Just before we had arrived in Chamonix in late January they had some of the heaviest snowfall for a generation, which sounds great…

  • Red Mountain – Canada

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    The second resort we visited was Red Mountain, staying in the nearby town of Rossland. The elevation is higher than Fernie and the snow even at town level was a lot deeper, we arrived to a fresh coating of powder over the trees and houses. Unfortunately thenext morning the weather set in a rain plagued…

  • Fernie – Canada

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    I am out with 5 friends powder hunting around Canada, we flew into freezing Calgary to pick up our rather large 15 seater van… Luckily it does have winter tyres and 90% screen wash… Our first few days were at Fernie where there was plenty of snow but poor visibility and fairly regular snow and rain, which…

  • Val Thorens Snowboarding & Skiing pictures

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    Here are a selection of snowboarding and skiing pictures from my trip to Val Thorens in France late last year. This is a fun little roof drop just off of our hotel into a very rough landing! Here Jim does his best mid-air ice angel impression. Rob is a man who is not afraid of…