Yes, the tram takes you to the mountain, where you walk over a bridge and go through a rock/ice tunnel for the hike down (known as "The Arête"). We had a guide help us negotiate the crevasses.
@davidski 271989 wrote:Wow -- Aguille du Midi (sp?). Great move, an ultimate destination
I'm confused about the hike down -- does the tram take you to the point and then you work down some distance?
This is amazing stuff, I don't know how good a skier you are, but pretty damn good, and some of those chutes must have still been out there.
And the crevasses, basically it's like easy death
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Part 2/3 - Chamonix, France - January 2012
This looks endless... where does it go? And is that a hike or are those people skiing? I can't tell the angle of the "valley" there. But it looks as if you could spend an hour or 2 skiing to the bottom from here. INCREDIBLE
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When there is good snow, you can ski all 9,000 feet back down to Chamonix. The trek takes the entire day. There is a slightly flat area where you can ski/pole unless you are on a snowboard.
@RMacSki 272012 wrote:This looks endless... where does it go? And is that a hike or are those people skiing? I can't tell the angle of the "valley" there. But it looks as if you could spend an hour or 2 skiing to the bottom from here. INCREDIBLE
@RMacSki 272012 wrote:This looks endless... where does it go? And is that a hike or are those people skiing? I can't tell the angle of the "valley" there. But it looks as if you could spend an hour or 2 skiing to the bottom from here. INCREDIBLE
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