PISTEURS COULOIR VAL D'ISERE TIGNES / COULOIR DES PISTEURS - SNOWORKS SKI COURSES

Phil Smith, Director of Snoworks Ski Courses and Emma Carrick-Anderson 4 times Olympic Ski Racer continue their series on great off-piste routes in the Espace Killy. In this video blog they ski Pisteur's Couloir or as it's known locally Couloir des Pisteurs.

[@BeautifuLakesStreamsBiologists]

One of the greatest joys of the steeps for me is that effortless edge change when you *fully complete* the turn. It feels like space walking to me. I also love over-completing the turn a little where you are actually slightly moving up in space as you change edges in the air. Fighter pilot on skis!

[@SnoworksSkiCourses]

Brilliant, what a sport. Love it. keep on enjoying yourself.

[@pepettebakou841]

Tirs impressionnant ! Parfait !

[@SnoworksSkiCourses]

Thank you.

[@DrFreerun]

He's got splendid lateral separation in those final shots.

[@SnoworksSkiCourses]

Thanks

[@robertduncanmuir]

Skied that in 2003 but in distinctly better snow. It was still very late season. Good stuff.

[@SnoworksSkiCourses]

Thanks Robert. It;s a great run. Loved it.

[@jenniferblears192]

I really enjoying skiing but I would definitely have trouble with that first section! ....I so wish I could just enjoy it!

[@SnoworksSkiCourses]

Come on a course. We can help you ski steeper terrain. You never know. One day.

[@jenniferblears192]

SnoworksSkiCourses It's on my bucket list of things to do. But as a student at the moment it's a little out of my budget! 😆

[@rv1251]

I go there in january 2019,

[@SnoworksSkiCourses]

Did you get there?

[@vincentfouquet1312]

Est il possible d’avoir le nom du titre de la musique ?Can tou give me the musique ´s title please?

[@philsmith5701]

The music I bought as copy wright free music. I'll dig it out and send you details.

[@johntavenner1379]

Lowering the center of mass and rolling the ankles would create more flexion, tip the edges onto a higher angle and keep the hips more square to the fall line. More angulation is necessary to make efficient short radius turns-- turns more similar to those near the bottom. Those skis seem like a lot of work.

[@philsmith5701]

I'll pass that on the Emma who is featured in the film. 4 Olympic Games in her career. Thanks for the feedback. The skis were great. Salomon BBR. Ahead of their time. I loved them.

[@SyraxB]

Phil Smith I absolutely hated those skies: too soft, too weak, no edges, no stability... no wonder they were discontinued. I'm impressed how nicely you managed to ski the couloir with them. With proper skies (try Völkl Mantra) you should be flying :-)

[@SnoworksSkiCourses]

@@SyraxB Thanks, it was definitely a Marmite ski. You either hated them or loved them. Do you like Marmite?

[@RichardEnglander]

I knew two lads back in 2000, they both hammered this, one dropped this line in perfect conditions and pretty much straight lined it. I saw the video, was nuts. Rasmus and Hamish I think their names were, I suspect Hamish is still living in Val.

[@SnoworksSkiCourses]

If you know Hamish's surname we may know him.

[@RichardEnglander]

@@SnoworksSkiCourses I dont remember, after I knew him he married a French girl and had kids with her, lived in the Valley all year. He was good friends with Rasmus

[@BillyMustang101]

Didn't Rasmus work in the Petite Danois? He got avalanched in 99 doing Pistuers when I was there.

[@RichardEnglander]

@@BillyMustang101 my memory tells me his mate Rasmus worked at Danois, Hamish was at Banana for at least one winter.
And they did love that couloir, saw a video when Hamish near straight lined it on Salomon 1080 skis

[@aha200971]

What is the name of music in this video?

[@SnoworksSkiCourses]

It doesn't have a name. It's copyright free music. Did youl ike it?

[@aha200971]

@@SnoworksSkiCourses Yes I think it works very good with your ski videos

[@widgetno1]

I boarded this and plowed down the left hand side in untouched snow but it would have been nice to ski the rest of the couloir but it was all moguls. In my opinion Skiers doing jump turns all the way down and boarders who just side slip and occasionally turn ruin terrain like this. all the nice off piste just ends up being like a black mogul run.

[@santii.4619]

All turns were performed with an unnecessary sudden extension which could produce one ski to get stuck upon landing and an accident. Skiing is about catching a flow by means of using gravity and sliding in your favour, not against it.

[@philsmith5701]

Thanks Santi, We'll take the feedback on board.

[@treplay8846]

How is that skiing? U might as well snowplough down

[@ChickenKhorma]

It's a 40+ degree, chopped-up, fairly narrow couloir in a zone with quite high consequence for a fall. This is absolutely the correct way to ride in these conditions.

[@philsmith5701]

Thanks Tennis Replay, I'll try that next time.

[@philsmith7893]

Good point, I tried snowploughing down but was too tricky.

[@dougpryce92]

Definitely doesn't look fun to me, my legs would be killing!!

[@markywellsboy2182]

High factor sun tan lotion....nah!

[@SnoworksSkiCourses]

No factor, just wrinkly weathered ski from living in the mountains for 40 years.

[@treplay8846]

Are u wearing blackface?

[@SnoworksSkiCourses]

Just loving the sun.