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Frankreich · Écrins-Massiv
The Refuge de Chalance is one of the few precious, unguarded alpine huts in the French Alps. Perched high above the tranquil Valgaudemar valley in the southwest of the Écrins massif, it is located in a flat, rock-surrounded area, far from the big city, and consists of a single room with a cooking …
2024 · Ben Tibbetts · 4 min
Frankreich · Mont Blanc Range (Chamonix)
It's mid-January, and proper conditions for freeriding can occasionally be found around Innsbruck, but the amount of snow is below average. Anne Wangler, Eric Hjorleifson and I had a different idea …
2023 · Max Draeger · 4 min
Frankreich · Mont Blanc Group
The quest to keep painting fresh tracks into the snow in the mountains around Chamonix has taken up most of my time since 2010. Whether searching for new lines or repeating the classics: Observation is always crucial. It starts as early as summer, when the mountains are not yet…
2022 · Yannick Boissenot · 3 min
Frankreich · Mont Blanc Group (Chamonix)
After a challenging winter that left many powder dreams unfulfilled, we are off to the Western Alps, Chamonix. The mere sound of the name fires our dreams. In our minds, we can already envision ourselves skiing down these famous walls. It has to be steep, alpine, a bit scary,…
2022 · Andreas Vigl · 4 min
Frankreich · Hautes Alpes (Queyras)
On January 9, 2020, the French news talked about a new virus called Covid-19. At that moment it was nothing more than a minor health problem in a city in China, but on March 17, France was hit with …
2021 · Enak Gavaggio · 5 min
Frankreich · Mont Blanc
Colin and I huddled just before midnight in the small chapel above the lake in Champex, at the north-eastern end of the Mont Blanc massif. We had planned to climb and ski an 89-kilometer …
2020 · Ben Tibbetts · 5 min
Frankreich · Vanoise (Les Avals / Courchevel)
The alarm goes off at 7 am. It's our last day, and it's time to venture out and explore the far end of this vast valley called Les Avals. This project has been on the back of my mind for several …
2017 · Timy Théaux · 5 min
