Skiing in Queyras

1897905 774168462595111 1715345756 n 80% of the skiing crew- Beth, Faerthen, Chris and me 2014-03-01 16.38.29 We are wandering through Saint-Veran, the highest village inhabited year round in the Alps, or so they say 2014-03-01 15.13.54 Jeff with his favorite concoctions 1969299 774685862543371 8887190 n 2 March - not a lot of untouched snow in the resort
1451467 774686049210019 2132954745 n so we get to the highest point and hike out to the peak 1001530 1475194639366718 1624815550 n which is called Pic de Chateau Renard and is almost 3000 m 2014-03-02 12.41.51 From here we had our pick of lines 1979546 774684759210148 1826440562 n Few people had been out here
1962720 1475194752700040 562908783 n so we made a lot of fresh tracks 1972522 775099282502029 1327988104 n Hard to get better than this... 1939970 775099335835357 1286949474 n The resort across the slope 1656020 1475194736033375 366033033 n probably Pic de Rochebrune in the distance
1972454 774686272543330 1269315846 n Vast expanses of snow queyras-07 Then we experienced a few days with a lot of new snow. queyras-08 We skiied down the north side of the ridge through larch forests 1625694 775740639104560 662502491 n It was really deep!
1656127 775740715771219 54062052 n I got a lot of snow in the face! 1911881 775741949104429 2026704834 n As a group we had some outrageous runs through the trees 1779332 775742122437745 593525684 n There always seemed to be more untouched snow a little further 1966755 776650429013581 45673139 n Finally, the weather broke and we headed up the road to the hut. Dog sledding was a big thing here.
2014-03-06 11.27.00 le Pain du Sucre above the Refuge Agnel 2014-03-06 11.31.46 Avalanches off the south side of le Pain du Sucre 2014-03-06 11.27.09 Looking SW along the ridge to the Col Agnel, on the border with Italy 2014-03-06 11.31.56 Wind sculpting of snow
2014-03-06 12.26.43 The slopes below the pass 2014-03-06 11.27.16 The route to the next hut south goes over that pass but there was much too much new snow 2014-03-06 12.26.21 Refuge Agnel 2014-03-06 13.01.07 My tracks down from a lunch rock
2014-03-06 13.37.59 Mid-afternoon on the terrace of the hut 2014-03-06 15.30.09 Faerthen, Beth and Jeff with Faerthen and Chris's tracks in the distance