5/18/2010 8:21:10 PM
Caption : Terran hiking from the Gondola to the poma lifts for the final elevation gain at La Grave.
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5/18/2010 8:42:17 PM
Caption : View of the last poma lift to the top of La Grave ski area (3550 meters / 11, 647 feet) . The "practice" steeps are visible on the left side of the exposed glacial ice in the shadows.
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5/18/2010 9:04:03 PM
Caption : Linda and Kira taking a break at the mountain lodge (Peyrou d'Amont) between the Gondolas.
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5/18/2010 8:56:46 PM
Caption : Terran at the mountain lodge (Peyrou d'Amont) between the Gondolas. La Meije in the background.
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5/18/2010 9:06:38 PM
Caption : Waiting for the 2nd Gondola (in the image) and looking up the moutain from the unload station of the 1st Gondola.
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5/18/2010 9:15:12 PM
Caption : La Meije (Elevation 3982 meters / 13, 064 feet)
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5/18/2010 9:33:35 PM
Caption : Waiting to get through the 'gate' into the couloir Patou. The entrance to this gate was barely wide enough for one person at a time to side slip into, some guides fix a rope to help with entry into this couloir.
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5/18/2010 9:39:20 PM
Caption : Terran in lower section of Couloir Patou.
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5/18/2010 9:42:49 PM
Caption : Terran on the end run out of Couloir Patou.
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5/18/2010 9:45:10 PM
Caption : After skiing the couloirs, you end up on the Frozen Lac du Puvachier where you have to pole out of the flats. Looking back Couloir Patou is in partial sun and the bottom of the Banane (Banana) couloir is visible.
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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.
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5/18/2010 10:06:32 PM
Caption : Terran finding a line between crevaces on upper Glacier Girose.
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5/18/2010 10:09:34 PM
Caption : Back to Patou couloir. the narrow entrance is visible above Terran.
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5/18/2010 10:14:33 PM
Caption : At the bottom of Patou couloir looking up at Banane Couloir - our next objective.
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5/18/2010 10:24:07 PM
Caption : Terran skiing to down Banane Couloir above Lac du Puyvachier
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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.
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5/18/2010 10:33:39 PM
Caption : Terran nearing the bottom of Couloir du Lac above Lac du Puyvachier
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5/18/2010 10:42:30 PM
Caption : Preparing for another steep jump turn in Banane Couloir above Lac du Puyvachier
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5/19/2010 10:07:05 PM
Caption : Kira on the 'practice' couloir, getting ready to try the couloirs above Lac du Puyvachier
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5/19/2010 10:09:12 PM
Caption : Terran back in Banane Couloir
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