Today Seb and I skied the North Face of the Aiguille du Midi by the Eugster couloir. First skied in June 1977 by Laurent Giacomini. It hasnt had any descents yet this year and didnt have any last year.
Seb near the top with the Aiguille du Midi cable car cables right overhead.
Seb at the point where the Eugster and the Mallory part ways. We head down on the skiers left while the Mallory goes over the half moon behind Seb
As the couloir drops into shadow down on my left there is a 30m abseil. We found a good rock to abseil off.
The couloir opened up a bit after the first big abseil. The next abseil is at the bottom of this snow field where there is a small sunny half moon windlip on the left.
And after a final abseil there were sweet turns to be had all the way to the rimay.
There are more pics here
Phil
Seb near the top with the Aiguille du Midi cable car cables right overhead.
Seb at the point where the Eugster and the Mallory part ways. We head down on the skiers left while the Mallory goes over the half moon behind Seb
As the couloir drops into shadow down on my left there is a 30m abseil. We found a good rock to abseil off.
The couloir opened up a bit after the first big abseil. The next abseil is at the bottom of this snow field where there is a small sunny half moon windlip on the left.
And after a final abseil there were sweet turns to be had all the way to the rimay.
There are more pics here
Phil
inscrit le 22/09/04
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