The Ski Touring Course participants had such a great day up l’Aiguille du Midi that they forgot to do any ski touring. They took the Aiguille du Midi cable car up from the centre of Chamonix, went to the top point of 3842m and took in the glorious paranomas.
photo-blog elizabeth 02 Apr 2008 No Comments
This week’s Ski Touring Introduction Course consisted of six participants: Claire, Zoe, Edson, Sarah, Uta and Christoph. Sébastien Laurent was the guide, and had his work cut out for him with an unusual dilemma: we had almost too much snow for safe ski touring! Of course, no-one was complaining as they were forced to do run after run of the white fluffy stuff…..the pictures speak for themselves!
photo-blog elizabeth 27 Mar 2008 No Comments
The winter is far from over! We have had a lot of snow recently in the Chamonix mountains and we are expecting even more this week with very cold temperatures. The off-piste conditions are better than they have been all season. Therefore we have decided to run two more Off-Piste Courses in April, which is often the month providing the best powder skiing of the season.
Dates: April 6-11 & 13-18.
Contact us for more information.
news Martina Palm 20 Mar 2008 No Comments
Check out the new video from the most recent Off-Piste Course here, courtesy of guide Sébastien Montaz-Rosset! If you like what you see and would like to experience it for yourself, please don’t hesitate to contact us!
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To finish off a fabulous and powder-filled off-piste course, the Off-Pisters decided that they had enough energy to go ski touring. They took the cable car to the top of Les Grands Montets, skied down the Rognons glacier and across the Argentière glacier.
Once across the glacier, the team stopped to put their skins on their skis and then started the sweaty uphill….. (more…)
photo-blog elizabeth 12 Mar 2008 No Comments
The Off-Piste Workshop skiers had two more fun- and sun-filled days with they did both the Vallee Blanche and the Vallee Noire. The Vallee Blanche follows the traditional route from l’Aiguille du Midi while the Vallee Noire starts on the Italian side. Both finish on the Mer de Glace.
Some photos from l’Aiguille du Midi, after a cheeky espresso at the Chambre 9:
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The Off-Piste Workshop skiers took advantage of an overcast day and guide Sébastien’s knowledge to learn and practice crevasse rescue and glacier travel techniques. They skied down the back side of Les Grands Montets and found some good crevasses on the Argentière glacier where they could practice rescuing themselves and others.
photo-blog elizabeth 11 Mar 2008 No Comments
The Off-Piste Workshop from 02-07/03/08 was comprised of four participants, Christie, Peter, Gary and Graham, and was led by guide Sébastien. Depsite the bad weather that was predicted, they were lucky enough to get some great days of skiing as well as practical experience of glacier travel and crevasse rescue.
On the first day they headed up to Le Tour, took in the glorious scenery and found their ski legs. Enjoy the beautiful photos, courtesy of Peter and Christie.
photo-blog elizabeth 11 Mar 2008 No Comments
Big days in the mountains start early: 8 am RV at the Aiguille du Midi lift in Chamonix. It is early February and already busy with mainly skiers and a few climbers buzzing with excitement about the day ahead.
We started the day by skiing a variation of the Valley Blanche called the Petit Envers and managed to find some nice snow that was still untracked. (more…)
photo-blog Martina Palm 11 Feb 2008 No Comments
The snow conditions are very good in the Alps this winter. During March Chamonix Experience are running three courses which all still have places available. Book up now for a memorable ski Experience.
2-7 March Off-Piste Workshop - Improve your technique and mountain awareness and ski some great powder in one of the world’s foremost off-piste areas.
9-14 & 23-28 March Ski Touring Introduction- Try the beauty of exploring unspoilt backcountry areas. 6 days of ski touring in the Mont Blanc range finishing by skiing down a 4000m peak in Italy. 
news Martina Palm 07 Feb 2008 No Comments
