Skiing/France/Alps/La Grave/February 14, 2008 - Ski Day 4

5/18/2010 9:54:34 PM
Caption  :  Terran on the "practice" steeps at the head of Glacier Girose off the upper poma lift.

5/18/2010 9:57:30 PM
Caption  :  Terran still on the 'practice' steeps.

5/18/2010 9:59:42 PM
Caption  :  Terran on the "practice" steeps at the head of Glacier Girose off the upper poma lift. This several hundred foot steep vertical drop was the guide's barometer of whether his clients could ski the couloirs above Lac du Puyvachier.

5/18/2010 10:02:37 PM
Caption  :  Terran finishing his run on the 'Practice' steeps.

5/18/2010 10:06:32 PM
Caption  :  Terran finding a line between crevaces on upper Glacier Girose.

5/18/2010 10:09:34 PM
Caption  :  Back to Patou couloir. the narrow entrance is visible above Terran.

5/18/2010 10:14:33 PM
Caption  :  At the bottom of Patou couloir looking up at Banane Couloir - our next objective.

5/18/2010 10:17:02 PM
Caption  :  Terran near the top of Banane Couloir.

5/18/2010 10:20:58 PM
Caption  :  Terran mid-course in Banane Couloir

5/18/2010 10:24:07 PM
Caption  :  Terran skiing to down Banane Couloir above Lac du Puyvachier

5/18/2010 10:26:09 PM
Caption  :  Terran with Banane Couloir above.

5/18/2010 10:27:56 PM
Caption  :  Terran at the start of Couloir du Lac

5/18/2010 10:31:21 PM
Caption  :  Terran about to spring off a 'helicopter' turn in the steep Couloir du Lac above Lac du Puyvachier.

5/18/2010 10:33:39 PM
Caption  :  Terran nearing the bottom of Couloir du Lac above Lac du Puyvachier

5/18/2010 10:36:16 PM
Caption  :  Terran exiting Couloir du Lac

5/18/2010 10:38:36 PM
Caption  :  Terran back in Banane Couloir

5/18/2010 10:42:30 PM
Caption  :  Preparing for another steep jump turn in Banane Couloir above Lac du Puyvachier

5/19/2010 9:58:26 PM
Caption  :  View from our Hotel Edelweiss.

5/19/2010 10:00:54 PM
Caption  :  View of La Meiji from Hotel Edelweiss in La Grave. Massive glaciers and hanging ice seracs clearly visible on the mountain.