News from planet Chamonix – May 2016 – part 3

A famous freeride right under the lift? That´s Mellory route from Aiguille du Midi (5.4, E4)

It has similar dificulty and exposition as Maudit or Cheré kuloár, but you go straight from lift, in good conditions the technical difficulties are not so great and from skiers perspective the exposition does not seem that great. But you have to exactly know where to ski so that you don´t miss the rappels. We had to make three of them. Thanks for guiding Jesper!

We skied it last Friday right after a snow fall and especially the middle section was full of slaby snow…

Mellory was the last line of my trip to Cham.

Mellory route from Aiguille du Midi (5.4, E4)

Mellory route from Aiguille du Midi (5.4, E4)

Powder skiing in May. Actually not so bad :)

Powder skiing in May. Actually not so bad :)

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