I read up about the Tunnel runs, but cant seem to get any consensus of opinion as to what they are like. Some call it a piste, others off piste, othere a mogul field, others pure powder field.
What is is ACTUALLY like, as I think me and my Neo's might give it a go.....?
Top Ten Toughest Ski Runs In The World
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Started by Mattyc in Ski Chatter 15-Nov-2009 - 145 Replies
Rossyhead
reply to 'Top Ten Toughest Ski Runs In The World' posted Nov-2009
jonG wrote: :?:MMMmmmmm
A couple to throw in the mix
-Vallon de la Sache down into Tignes les Brevieres
-Le Face in Val D'isere
-The Wall in Tignes
-The whole of the Aiguille Rouge in Les Arcs top to bottom in one hit,no stops.....still haven't managed it :( ...need to be much fitter
-The black from the top of the Rendl section in St.Anton (buggered if i can remember the name)
-And a final one, the off-piste route from the Pissalais glacier and the Gorge du Malpassat down into Le Fornet over the frozen river( not so easy when the river isn't fully frozen in places,cave diving equipment would be needed if you slip :D)
dont suppose you happen to live in the espace killy area do you?!
Vallon de la Sache was the one I meant, never knew that was the full name-love the one to le fornet too-where is the wall?
Just a few to mention
jon.
dont suppose you happen to live in the espace killy area do you?!
Vallon de la Sache was the one I meant, never knew that was the full name-love the one to le fornet too-where is the wall?
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LOTA
reply to 'Top Ten Toughest Ski Runs In The World' posted Nov-2009
Tony H: when I was in Alpe D'Huez it was definitely one serious mogul field with a really fun, fast run out at the end!
I was a with a ski club guide one day in Alpe D'Huez and we skied the whole day on black pistes only - without repeating a run - which takes some doing. Remember one where it said reservez pour tres bon skieurs seulement and ended up in ravine with trees blocking you in on either side - very tough.
I was a with a ski club guide one day in Alpe D'Huez and we skied the whole day on black pistes only - without repeating a run - which takes some doing. Remember one where it said reservez pour tres bon skieurs seulement and ended up in ravine with trees blocking you in on either side - very tough.
Dorset Boy
reply to 'Top Ten Toughest Ski Runs In The World' posted Nov-2009
The Walls at Tignes is down the end of the glacier - literally the glacier wall.
When I skied the tunnel runs it was powder galore, but it would quickly turn into a mogul field after a few days without snow.
When I skied the tunnel runs it was powder galore, but it would quickly turn into a mogul field after a few days without snow.
JonG
reply to 'Top Ten Toughest Ski Runs In The World' posted Nov-2009
rossyhead wrote:jonG wrote: :?:MMMmmmmm
A couple to throw in the mix
-Vallon de la Sache down into Tignes les Brevieres
-Le Face in Val D'isere
-The Wall in Tignes
-The whole of the Aiguille Rouge in Les Arcs top to bottom in one hit,no stops.....still haven't managed it :( ...need to be much fitter
-The black from the top of the Rendl section in St.Anton (buggered if i can remember the name)
-And a final one, the off-piste route from the Pissalais glacier and the Gorge du Malpassat down into Le Fornet over the frozen river( not so easy when the river isn't fully frozen in places,cave diving equipment would be needed if you slip :D)
dont suppose you happen to live in the espace killy area do you?!
Vallon de la Sache was the one I meant, never knew that was the full name-love the one to le fornet too-where is the wall?
Just a few to mention
jon.
dont suppose you happen to live in the espace killy area do you?!
Vallon de la Sache was the one I meant, never knew that was the full name-love the one to le fornet too-where is the wall?
Hi,
I have an apartment in Bourg-St-Maurice,so know the area pretty well, The Wall in Tignes is located off to the right adjacent to the chairlift that takes you from Val Claret up to the restaurant on the Grande Motte ,from the top ski off to the left (off piste to the edge of the glacier) and it drops off over the edge,after about 80 yards you ski between/by some rocks and then take the rest of the run(off piste) back down to the bottom of the Val Claret chairllift. Its quite a doozy especially as the drop over the top is inverted during high snowfall.
Another good off piste run in Espace Killy is the Tour du Charvet, which you start at the top of the Le Face chairlft and it takes you the back way into Val D'Isere....there is a very good moguled black on the way round aswell, but cannot remember the name.
jon.
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jonathan
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JonG
reply to 'Top Ten Toughest Ski Runs In The World' posted Nov-2009
Sorry brains gone,
In the last post from the top of the chair to get to the wall, ski to the right once at the top (skiing to the left is when you are heading down hill already....doh!)
jon
In the last post from the top of the chair to get to the wall, ski to the right once at the top (skiing to the left is when you are heading down hill already....doh!)
jon
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jonathan
www.ski-bourgstmaurice-lesarcs.co.uk
Andyhull
reply to 'Top Ten Toughest Ski Runs In The World' posted Nov-2009
Assuming we're talking about marked runs…
The Tunnel – Alpe D'Huez
Schindle Kar - St Anton
La Face – Val D'Isere
The Wall – Avoriaz (Only just makes my list, I was a little disappointed, didn't live up to it's fearsome reputation imo)
Genepy - Les Arcs
The Hobacks - Jackson Hole.
Can't comment on Corbet's Couloir as it was closed for the duration of our trip, due to low snowall.
The Tunnel – Alpe D'Huez
Schindle Kar - St Anton
La Face – Val D'Isere
The Wall – Avoriaz (Only just makes my list, I was a little disappointed, didn't live up to it's fearsome reputation imo)
Genepy - Les Arcs
The Hobacks - Jackson Hole.
Can't comment on Corbet's Couloir as it was closed for the duration of our trip, due to low snowall.
Pablo Escobar
reply to 'Top Ten Toughest Ski Runs In The World' posted Nov-2009
Don't know about toughest in the world but the back bowls at Lake Louise are pretty awesome...
Scared myself a couple of times
http://lakelouiselowdown.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/eagle-ridge-2a.jpg
http://lakelouiselowdown.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/the-wall4.jpg
Skied everything but ER5 which has never been open (lower ER5 is just kinda meadow skipping terrain and not totally worth a mention) and Big 7 for no other reason that I didn't really know it was there between a load of the other Wall runs and ER6.
Whitehorn...
http://lakelouiselowdown.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/img_3974.jpg
Scared myself a couple of times
http://lakelouiselowdown.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/eagle-ridge-2a.jpg
http://lakelouiselowdown.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/the-wall4.jpg
Skied everything but ER5 which has never been open (lower ER5 is just kinda meadow skipping terrain and not totally worth a mention) and Big 7 for no other reason that I didn't really know it was there between a load of the other Wall runs and ER6.
Whitehorn...
http://lakelouiselowdown.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/img_3974.jpg
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