Tobias Granath - a Chamonix photo diary
2008/02/10 – Aiguille de l’Éboulement, South couloir

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After a good night sleep at the Requin hut and a quite long climb(+1520m), we skied the south couloir on Aiguille l’Éboulement in perfect conditions!

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The couloir itself is 500 vertical meters high and about 45-50 degrees steep.

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The view from the summit is fantastic…

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Grandes Jorasses.

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It took us about 6h to reach the summit.

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Kevin on the summit ridge.

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We started from the refuge at 05.45 o’clock.

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The descent of the couloir took us about 20min. We started to ski at 12.15 o’clock.

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Total time: 7h56min, +1520m, -2345m.

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