Soft snow, good weather and still some fresh snow in the Vallée Blanche.

Submitted by admin on Sat, 02/18/2012 - 15:57
vallee blanche neige poudreuseIl y a d'assez bonnes conditions en Vallée Blanche. La petite chute de neige a bien arrangé les passages qui était en neige un peu dure.
On ne rappellera jamais assez que la Vallée Blanche reste un itinéraire sut glacier en très haute montagne. Qu'il faut avoir un niveau de maitrise correct sur ses skis et être un très bon snowboarder car la Vallée Blanche par ses parties peu pentues et ses traversées n'est pas la ligne idéale en snowboard.
There are some quite good ski conditions in the Vallée Blanche. The last snowfall has made the snow better and softer, the snow was a bit hard the last day.
But we never remind sufficiantly that the Vallée Blanche is an off piste route on glacier in very high mountains.
It's compulsory to have a good control of your skis.
If you're on snowboard you must be very good because the valley blanche includes some quite flae sections and a few traverses where it's unpossible to loose altitude for staying above the crevasses: not a must for average snowboarders. But in Chamonix, the are many more welcoming routes for them even on glaciers.