View from my hotel room of the Monte Bianco Massif. image: snowbrains
It’s so cute…
From there we journeyed west on our search.
It hasn’t snowed in about a week and the wind got to a lot of the alpine powder turning it to stone but we knew there would be something soft out there somewhere in Courmayeur’s endless terrain.
F**k Summer Apres ski bar. image: snowbrains
The first zone we crossed had soft, warm powder and was crazy fun and beautiful.
But we weren’t satisfied…
The investigation continued.
Yum. image: snowbrains
Up and over and into a zone Marco had scoped with his drone the previous day.
He guided us to a chute we hoped would be soft.
The upper section was wind-blasted and firm.
Marco and the mountain. image: snowbrains
The lower section held crusty old powder that skied pretty well if you kept your speed up.
Marco ripped it first and showed us how it was done.
I went after Marco and did my best to match his turns.
Get it!? image: snowbrains
It was fun!
I smiled a lot.
Honestly, everything is just one big adventure for me here bouncing around in big, exciting terrain beneath the towers of the Monte Bianco (Mount Blanc) Massif.
Monte Bianco. image: snowbrains
This place is amazing.
The real reason I’m here is that they have a deep base this year.
It’s a trip skiing back to the lifts past the summer homes with 6′ of snow on their rooves.
Grazie, Italia!
Snow Numbers
image: courmayeur, 2/19/25
Forecast
image: snow-forecast.com, 2/19/25
Photos
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