Got a link to the map?I went looking on the maps, and I think found where it is - off of Les Courtes Epaule Ouest. Here's the trace of the approximate line and profile... seems to be between 48 and 52 degrees most of the way :
View attachment 45022
Got a link to the map?
Exactly, not over terrained.^^^
Agreed. It just doesn't appeal to me to watch compared to more flowing skiing, as far as beautiful goes. It is an impressive feat. But I don't think I'd call it over-terrained for these guys. I might call it careful skiing, in an area with big consequences if you fall.
Yes, agree. It's moutaineering skiing. You can't have any flow to it because it's so steep and narrow with serious consequences. If you linked a few turns you'd be doing 40 in no time and then your options are few. Also the last thing one wants to do is impart lots of energy to the snow pack. If it slides and your left with ice and rock you're in trouble. Alaska it is not.Well as impressive as the skiing is I'm not sure that I would use "beautiful" as an adjective to describe it. If I ever find myself in a situation where I have to come to a complete stop at the end of every turn I would say "over-terrained" might apply better, even if I made it safely down.
But as they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder (or sometimes the beer holder).
You want all the edge on the snow, so a turned up tail will not help.Notice the back end of those skis... they have flat tails, like in a race ski.
He even lets himself down backwards with those tails treacherously close to the snow.
Anybody got any idea what this ski anatomy offers him technically on this particular descent?
I'd have thought skis with turned-up tails would have been preferable.
Maybe they help him avoid unwanted travel on those pedal turns???
View attachment 45027 View attachment 45028
That makes sense.
Did you mean to say a "fist tail?" If so, I don't know that term.
What was the movie a few years back with Plake, and a cast of several, about teaching the son of a dead skier to ski the steeps at Cham? It really is good and does an excellent job of teaching the pedal turn. Was it, "Steep"?
If you can find it, watch it.