Ski touring around Meribel
This weekend I went ski touring around Meribel with Taco, Alex and Maarten. Despite the bad weather forecast, it turned out to be great!
The north slopes were powder, and others firn snow! Perfect taking into account the +15 degrees at 1600 meters !
On saturday we went for the Mont Gébroulaz (3511 m) and Sunday we attacked the Mont du Borgne (3200 m).
Have a look at the Google Earth file from the Gébroulaz Randonée
We leave from the Col de Thorens to get to the Col De Gébroulaz (3500 meters)
It's gets pretty windy near the top...
... and we take off our ski's to do the last meters
Enjoy the view from the col
Wow! The guy that arrived at the col just before us kicked off this huge avalanche! 800 meters long, a 200 meters wide. A mountain guide was right behind us as well. Pretty scary
Looking back to the col, you can see the huge size of the avalanche
Beautiful scenery in the Parc de la Vanoise
The skiing is great, although the slope is not very steep
We even get to see a Capra ibex (bouquetin) from pretty close. A few minutes later we saw about 20 of them, and when I tried to get my camera out while skiing to make a picture, I ended up in the stream...
This is on the summit ridge towards the Mont du Borgne on Sunday
The team from right to left: Alex, Taco, Maarten and myself
See you next weekend!
Greg
