Hi all,
Im returning to VT - 3 valleys on the 29th of Jan and im wanting to know if any of you have been upto the top of La Masse and then over the otherside into the powder bowl?
When i was there last yr i never went over as i was on my own but this yr there will be a group of us and i was wondering if we were to ski it where does it finish? What sort of run is it, i know its unpisted and i dont think its patrolled but could be wrong as i saw an instructor take a group over there last yr.
Anyway, if you have ski'd it, pls can you let me know what to expect.
Thanks
Over the back of La Masse - 3 valleys
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Started by Crispyapplepie in Ski Chatter 17-Jan-2011 - 14 Replies
Crispyapplepie posted Jan-2011
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Andy hall
reply to 'Over the back of La Masse - 3 valleys' posted Jan-2011
Hi, I was there over the New Year, I didn't notice a route over the back, but then again I wasn't particularly looking either!! I don't know if they've had much snow since New Year but it was getting really thin by the afternoons. If you're going up Masse, go in the mornings as the sun moves off in the afternoons and its pretty grim.
Good luck!!
Good luck!!
Crispyapplepie
reply to 'Over the back of La Masse - 3 valleys' posted Jan-2011
Andy there is no offical route over the back, i think its an off piste bowl which just runs around the mountain valley down towards the bottom of VT im sure it meets up with the annoying flat blue run out of VT. This i cant be sure though which is why i wanted to know as i wouldnt make a trip in there if there isnt an obvious way out...
But like i say an instructor took a group down there so there has to be a route.
But like i say an instructor took a group down there so there has to be a route.
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OldAndy
reply to 'Over the back of La Masse - 3 valleys' posted Jan-2011
Hi Crispy,
This looks like guide territory to me. I have a map with skiing itinerary routes of the 3V and there are 4 that go off the back of la Masse.
3 of these come back into the valley down towards St Martin De Belleville and one disapears of into the wide blue of the Maurienne valley.
The routes don't conveniently come back to marked pistes/ski lifts but end at roads and in villages. I haven't a clue what the terrain is like etc etc - not good enough at map reading for that.
This looks like guide territory to me. I have a map with skiing itinerary routes of the 3V and there are 4 that go off the back of la Masse.
3 of these come back into the valley down towards St Martin De Belleville and one disapears of into the wide blue of the Maurienne valley.
The routes don't conveniently come back to marked pistes/ski lifts but end at roads and in villages. I haven't a clue what the terrain is like etc etc - not good enough at map reading for that.
LOTA
reply to 'Over the back of La Masse - 3 valleys' posted Jan-2011
Definitely guide territory, but the rest of the La Masse, I think, is the best ski-ing in the Three Valleys when the snow is good.
EmmaEvs
reply to 'Over the back of La Masse - 3 valleys' posted Jan-2011
Crispyapplepie I may be completely out of order here so my apologies in advance, but my first thought is 'please be careful'. There have been too many accidents already this season. As a group would you consider hiring an instructor for half a day to take you down there? Depending how many of you there are the cost could be spread nicely. At the very least it could save you the hassle of finding yourself stuck away from the exit/s and having to hike. Sorry for being boring and paranoid.
I wish I could meet the person who first decided to strap 2 planks to their feet and throw themselves down a mountain
Andyhull
reply to 'Over the back of La Masse - 3 valleys' posted Jan-2011
LOTA wrote:Definitely guide territory, but the rest of the La Masse, I think, is the best ski-ing in the Three Valleys when the snow is good.
Sussh, don't tell everybody. )
LOTA
reply to 'Over the back of La Masse - 3 valleys' posted Jan-2011
Sorry. I'm an enormous fan of the La Masse but it's not for everybody and the masses (groan!) should stay away.
Is that better?
Is that better?
Topic last updated on 20-January-2011 at 20:23