Vallee Blanche

I'm going to Chamonix next weekend a with 'friends and wives' and we are
thinking of skiing the Vallee Blanche during our stay. My wife would like to
ski Vallee Blanche with us, but she is not very experienced with off-piste
and I'm a bit concerned if she will be able to do that route.

Has anyone skied that route? How steep are the steepest spots and are there
any bad mogul fields/ other scary stuff during the route? Do you think that
ok piste-skier can manage that route without too much risk involved?

"Diagonal Style" wrote in message
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I'm going to Chamonix next weekend a with 'friends and wives' and we are
thinking of skiing the Vallee Blanche during our stay. My wife would like
to ski Vallee Blanche with us, but she is not very experienced with
off-piste and I'm a bit concerned if she will be able to do that route.

Has anyone skied that route? How steep are the steepest spots and are
there any bad mogul fields/ other scary stuff during the route? Do you
think that ok piste-skier can manage that route without too much risk
involved?

Apparently it's not too difficult, but you should definitely go with a
guide.

The scariest bit is supposed to be the ridge climb down from the cable
station to the start of the glacier. It's roped but many use crampons for
that bit. I was going to do the run last time I was in Chamonix but my
friend didn't fancy it

We did go up to the top of the cable car though. I have never been anywhere
in the mountains with such a precipitous drop. You are looking far below
into the Chamonix valley 2 vertical miles straight down!

- MJP