Started off with two laps by the POMA on the main face. A little flat but the snow was excellent, probably the best of the day. Then up Tête de Balme. Decided to do a quick lap back down the Le Tour side. Very windblown at the top and not steep enough at the bottom. Still really good though.
Dropped into the bowls above the cornices for some seriously crunchy snow, even worse than the last lap. Managed to find a few nice pockets on the way down though. The trees were a lot better with lots of confidence boosting drops. Landings were soft(ish) although moguled beneath on occasion.
Started lapping under the chairlift. Lots of wide open windcrusted pistes with rollers and deposits, perfect if you didn't want to turn / slow down. First lap hit what was for me a biigggg drop to a relatively flat landing. Definitely had a few kittens and jelly legs after. Tom Tom got a nice photo but I let my arms go. Next few times were better but I was alone so no photos. Few more little hits on the way down. The others left after the first run so I did another fast 3-4 laps alone each time going faster and bigger with lots of shifties. Lots of fun!
Met up with Fergle for the last few runs. Overshot one of the jumps into a tree (see photo below). Wiped out to much laughter from the lift above (fair play). Also had another pretty big wipeout trying to slash a big turn in some pretty thick windcrust and just barrel rolled in mid air. Again a few people saw and laughed.
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| Dropping in on the main face |
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| Fresh tracks all the way |
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| Boosting the confidence |
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| First hit - arms waving |
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| It looks a lot smaller from the chairlift... To the left of the biggest bush |
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| More of my tracks busting through windcrust rollers Overshot it third time straight into the bottom tree |
NB. All apart from the last two are Tom Tom's photos: Find his Blog here
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