Good Christmas 2016 Off Piste Skiing At Courmayeur, With Monte Bianco Across The Val Veny Beyond
With no fresh snow since our last visit on Wednesday the avalanche hazard rating had dropped to Cat 2 and a few teams had been enjoying touring in to interesting terrain and doing some good steepish skiing. Teams had skinned up towards Mont Nix and skied the North facing powder slopes down in to the big bowls of Val Veny. The classic big gully exit to this is in poor very lean condition and a much nicer way of accessing the Val Veny Valley floor can be taken higher up the valley and by traversing on to the Northern slopes of Mont Fortin.
Good Off Piste Skiing In The High Dollone Bowl Above Courmayeur Town & Resort. Christmas 2016
Descents in to the Dolonne Valley south of the main resort were in good condition at the top and we skied the fine high bowl accessed from the long traverse from the Youla lift and side stepping ascent. The lower Dolonne valley looks like highly unappealing due to very spartan cover low down and lots of hard refrozen debris en route. Better to take the high exit line on the skiers left to re-enter the main resort.
Beautiful Ski Touring Above the Val Veny With Monte The Monte Bianco Massif Beyond.
The steep Couloir below the cables of the Youla lift had been skied a lot although it had a rocky entrance as usual! Likewise the steep rocky slopes between the Arp & Youla lifts had been skied a few times…but were steep and rocky!
Merry Christmas, Good Skiing!
