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haha nice one! some definite pucker factor.....

Yeah is a fun day out! Around 40 at the top , the a bit steeper around 45 in the choke and then mellows out. A little tricky to get the timing right for the whole line , you don't want to leave it too late as the bottom section out across the crow sees some big wet loose action so we were forced into skiing the top bit a little earlier than would have liked.

@@joecollinson6232 ah OK cool thanks mate, where's the approach from?

@@bradbaston7186 i think your best bet is to go up the otira slide over the top of rolleston and then ski down the crow glacier to get to the bottom. in good conditions its really quick going that way

Yeah only a couple of previous descents - takes you down the Brenva Face towards Italy but we traversed back across to rhe mer de Glace once we had descended the line to end up back in chamonix. I would say more difficult than Mallory yes , longer , remote, harder to get the conditions right and the big seracs overhead mean reversing the line would be quite dangerous !

@@joecollinson6232 a friend told me it did not look like fun, guess to each his own, to me that looks like a dream descent of a lifetime. glad you made it down safe #1

@@terrablader ha yeah i think i agree with you and not your friend!

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In more heroic years that section goes as a huck....just to add to the pucker factor!

represent! well spotted

thanks!! yeah i dunno, edits have to be set to bangers thats just the rules I didnt make them I just follow them :P maybe I should make a different playlist just with the heavy breathing boosted to max and a heatrate BMP in the top corner, would definitely add to the stress levels

yeah for sure! just a bit tricky to scope conditions without just getting round there and having a look. and round onto the west face of double cone there are some skiable lines. i think your best bet is getting in there and climbing a few lines through winter to get a sense of what conditions are like and then your ready to strike when its on

@@joecollinson6232 thanks man, I just discovered your channel this English class, I'm a queenstown local and I'm gonna try do Kia Ora chute at remarks this season, looks insane. Thanks for the reply man, you do some cool shit.

@WillFairfaxSKI nice that's a super fun line! Often overlooked. This year at remarks should be epic once that new lift is spinning , the access to the big chutes will be incredible. Get after it!

@@joecollinson6232 Thanks man. I opted out of getting a touring set-up this season, because I'm 14 and still have a bit to grow, but after discovering this channel I'm kinda regretting it haha, I guess I'll still be bootpacking everywhere. New lift should be mean, but my pow spots might get a bit mogulled out... Thanks for the replies dude, have a sick season!

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tbf would have been cooler to striaghtline it

alr gng let’s see you do it

thanks!! it gets a 5.3 so technically a grade easier than those north face midi lines but is for sure still very full on. while the exposure isnt quite as in your face as on the Midi north face, the whole top part is really exposed over that big serac, and its steep and sustained in the 50deg range at the top, steep enough to keep going if you fall! but more like open face skiing than the picking your way down a meandering couloir style of the Mallory. the key with all of these lines is conditions and it was very good when we were there which makes it a lot more straightforward, would be very scary on hard icy snow

its the same start as the Eugster - shares the same drop in from the ridge across the top face and then down to the demi lune before splitting off, left for Eugster right for the Mallory. So did that section twice! was for sure in better condition when we did the eugster. haha thats probably a fair description of it the top section is not too steep, the definite crux is just before the first rap onto the diagonal. hell might be going too far ;D

@@joecollinson6232 man you really got the very best Cham has to offer maybe the best skiing has to offer. and twice and alive :)

im not in these guys league at all but ill tell you from a wanna be standpoint, i skied a couple steep coulairs in chamonix those descents are all i remember 20 years later, those few shots were more to me than all the runs in the 6 trips made to cham, though i dint get wrecked so there's that if did wold probably have regretted it. we were going across the glacier once with a climber in group he said he got scalped in that area falling in a cravass, wondered how he could still be in same place again doing same thing, boggles.

fair enough, this kind of skiing is definitely not for everyone!

@@terrablader those experiences where you push yourself to the edge of your comfort zone are the ones you will remember for the rest of your life!

​@@joecollinson6232 I'm not sure why but the steep is more interesting seeing the whole run below you, more intense, each turn important. or is it exiting just cause it has consequences?

ha sounds about right for chamonix. yeah it would be pretty rare for it to be in skiable condition in January ...although it has happened!

Was for sure a productive 3 weeks super stoked to get so much done. We got onto the Brenva Face for some great skiing , the west face looks amazing maybe next time

Thanks ! Definitely needs a whole bunch of different skills...been skiing as long as I can remember and climbing 15 years or so , 6 full seasons between Canada/ cham / NZ , and now just as much as I can get in nz when I'm not at work! Poubel is a fun line 🤟🤟

The exposure is super full on, especially the top section ....a whole lot of air underneath you! Keeps the focus sharp for sure

@@joecollinson6232 Going up the lift in 98 with non other than our guide who was in blizzard of ahhs Murray Ball, the north face under us was a bit rough looking, i said would be cool to try that , he goes . " I guarantee you would not make it down alive " from just a turn by turn basis not the risk.. but turn by turn how did it feel skiing that versus poubel ? a ton steeper i bet. what a dream to do that glad you made it down without issues. its amazing to think there are serveral groups on it when its skiable now. do the new skis post 2005 era help allot on this kind of descent? seems you can let the skis slide more less jump turning, less chance of catching edge, more manuaverable how long skis did you use? ever try kite ski skiing? check out my off road skate eheheh.

don't worry Crackkk the stars have to be in line to do that route, the risk is 100% 100 days a year plus under your belt, consistant over years need min to be safe enough to know you will never F#$ up not once on it, does make you think though what if... it drops so hard you cant even see the route under the tram just bands of snow then rocks, then the valley nearly two miles over the drops. its being skied more and more, really wild stuff. These guys are in Chamonix legends of.

Ha That's definitely how I feel when I'm stuck at work not skiing too! Glad I'm keeping the stoke going until ski season starts

Yep definitely needs a lot to line up for this line to come in. Phenomenal conditions this spring !

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Unbelievable conditions on the upper section , I definitely wasn't expecting to ever get faceshots on the Midi North face

🔥 thanks man

10 may. One of the few decent periods of high pressure this spring between constant storms!

@@joecollinson6232 it's incredible, I live 5 hours drive from Chamonix and I've only done the normal ski route on Mont Blanc, you come from New Zealand and repeat the most difficult and rare descents in the area in a week. Congratulations 🙌

@felixskier6711 thanks !! Yeah we for sure got super lucky with the conditions everything was lined up , felt pretty unreal to turn up just for a few weeks and be able to get this done!!

Kapow!! Was my best line of spring for sure!

@@joecollinson6232 just of that spring? what's #1 all time then?

@terrablader tough one but that probably would have to go to the caroline face of Mt cook ...ultimate dream line 🙌 took a long time to get that one to line up

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a classy line, hiding great late season snow!

i wish i could have taken more drone footage ....once we were into the main face it was go time though, was a bit too rowdy to be launching and landing it constantly!

It's exposed but not too crazy on the steepness, probably around 45 for the top pitch, then steepens up to around 50 or so for a short section over the Tournier into the second snowfield which is similar to the first. But very exposed here. Then after the rap the couloir is pretty steep and narrow , 50 or a touch over. A great line !

Thanks dude , a great line. And access so much easier than in NZ ! A lift straight to the top of the line instead of a day of grinding 😅

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It's a great one to work towards for sure !

ah nice on man, will watch out for it!

@@joecollinson6232 i have finally uploaded it!

@@chamonixskibum nice will check it out

Hell yeah! It for sure is a bit borderline 😅 who was it you were say by??

Glad you liked it! Thanks for having us, can't wait to come back 🙌

no sadly not, ive spent a couple of seasons out in chamonix but the conditions never lined up for mallory! its high up on the list though for sure amazing looking line. and being able to access it after stepping off a cable car is insane

thanks man! doesnt line up often like that up there but when it does its so good at Ruapehu

haha hopefully positive reviews