Necky drive up in Luciano's camper, Italian stylee as we drive past a sign saying "no campers" and spend the rest of the ascent convincing ourselves that ours is not technically a camper in the strictest terms cos it doesn't look exactly the same as the one displayed on the sign. The road is, nonetheless a tight squeeze. We bed down for the night. Alarm at 3am again. We are first off. Fairy lights are soon following us up. Snow is porridge. More than 70 people make it to the summit! One of the late season classics of the area. Despite the high temps, last night's fresh pow makes for some superb turns high up, & the lower slopes are so compacted and tracked out that they've stayed well ski-able all the way back to the camper...which is now surrounded by half a dozen other campers...Italian stylee.
Friday, 15 May 2009
Gran Mesule, 3500m, Valle Aurine 9/5/09
Necky drive up in Luciano's camper, Italian stylee as we drive past a sign saying "no campers" and spend the rest of the ascent convincing ourselves that ours is not technically a camper in the strictest terms cos it doesn't look exactly the same as the one displayed on the sign. The road is, nonetheless a tight squeeze. We bed down for the night. Alarm at 3am again. We are first off. Fairy lights are soon following us up. Snow is porridge. More than 70 people make it to the summit! One of the late season classics of the area. Despite the high temps, last night's fresh pow makes for some superb turns high up, & the lower slopes are so compacted and tracked out that they've stayed well ski-able all the way back to the camper...which is now surrounded by half a dozen other campers...Italian stylee.
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