Day Three La Grave
This is our home for two weeks. It already stinks of ski boots after three days.
We ran into a couple of American guides Tyler Jones and Joe Valone on day two and they told us they’d meet us in the afternoon to give us some beta on some of the more hidden lines. I highly recommend getting a guide if you come to La Grave, there is a lot of amazing terrain that is hidden and without their knowledge it’s pretty stupid to go try to find it on your own. Dylan practicing his French while we wait for the guides.
The guides gave us details on several runs. They told us of one and said it was “all-time”. It was.
It is one of the coolest lines I have ever skied. My camera thought it looked so good that it decided to take a ride down right after Dylan. It didn’t handle the terrain as well as Dylan did, so sad to say that there won’t be any more blog posts. Guess you will just have to watch the movie when it comes out now. Au Revoir.
Day Two La Grave
Waking up and looking out your window is pretty cool here.
We are staying at a hostel that is walking distance to the Telepherique. You jump on and get carried up 7,000 vertical feet. We skied around checking out all the visible terrain for a bit.
When Dylan was here three years ago he had some guides tell him some lines that are not visible and have mandatory rappels. We luckily found the right place and got into an amazing run.
7000′ runs are pretty fun. The weather is calling for more of the same so that means more steep skiing for us. Au revoir.
Jonah Howell
Day One La Grave, France
Two planes, two buses and twenty two hours later we arrived in La Grave, France. Word was that they had been having an amazing season. The wind decided to get their a day before us and blow the powder away. No worries it was a beautiful day so we headed out to see what we could find.
The snow wasn’t amazing but it wasn’t terrible. The sun was out and we were in the Alps, it doesn’t get much better then that.
Dylan had been to La Grave three years ago and had been dying to get back ever since. Here he is dropping into a couloir we found.
The size of the mountains is phenomenal. The freedom to go wherever you want is refreshing. Your responsible to know where you are going and to make the call on your own safety.
We found another cool little couloir and Dylan dropped in. We found the best snow to be in the steep sheltered couloirs.
After five laps on the Telepherique my legs were cooked so we grabbed some food.
Dylan enjoying a cheese plate and fresh berry pie. Life is good in France. Stay tuned for more updates. Bonjour.
Jonah Howell