Bob and I used this route as steep couloir practice, the Couloir de la Floria being a solid 45 degrees. It had snowed heavily on Monday, just 5 days before, and we knew not too many people had skied it since, meaning the couloir should be in good condition. And it was. Soft snow still in the steep parts, giving confidence to the jump-turns and a fast run out at the bottom. A hot day, the skin back up to the col de berard was a sweaty affair, but once there, again the quality of snow down the other side to the village of Buet was surprisingly good (i.e. great!). And Bob found it even better, being much lighter than he should have been, having taken off from the last col without his backpack! (which I had to carry down to him...). The payback was a big Edelweiss beer and coke at the Le Buet pub, where they had a jazzband playing, in the sun - magic.
More pics here.
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