Unlike my endless ramblings on accumulationzone.com, this website is a very brief logbook of the steep freeride snowboarding that I do. Only real steeps, classic couloirs or exposed lines qualify. The first entry is for Les Courtes in the Chamonix Valley. I am using it as my average benchmark.
Besides what is listed below it is still under construction...
Viva le steep!
Besides what is listed below it is still under construction...
Viva le steep!
Les Courtes, NNE Couloir, Chamonix, France.
Barbey Couloir, Chamonix, France.
Grimsel Pass Couloir, Switzerland.
Mont Blanc, Chamonix, France
Location: Argentiere Glacier, Chamonix.
Vertical Drop: 800m
Average slope angle: 48 degrees
Maximum slope angle: Not much gets close to 55 degrees
Effort: 4 to 5 hours climb right up the couloir
Commnt: A classic. Of many lines, we took the easiest way down.
More: the full story here
Vertical Drop: 800m
Average slope angle: 48 degrees
Maximum slope angle: Not much gets close to 55 degrees
Effort: 4 to 5 hours climb right up the couloir
Commnt: A classic. Of many lines, we took the easiest way down.
More: the full story here
Location: Grimsel Pass, Bernese Alps, Switzerland.
Vertical Drop: 450m
Average slope angle: 40 degrees
Maximum slope angle: Some 45 degrees.
Effort: 2-3 hours hike up the couloir. Or walk from the pass road.
Comment: Only just qualifies on appearances.
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Vertical Drop: 450m
Average slope angle: 40 degrees
Maximum slope angle: Some 45 degrees.
Effort: 2-3 hours hike up the couloir. Or walk from the pass road.
Comment: Only just qualifies on appearances.
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Location: Chamonix
Vertical Drop: 3500m
Average slope angle: not steep.
Maximum slope angle: as steep as you want.
Effort: 11 hours of mountaineering. Shorter routes possible.
Comment: doesn't really qualify. Included because its big and difficult.
More: the full story here
Vertical Drop: 3500m
Average slope angle: not steep.
Maximum slope angle: as steep as you want.
Effort: 11 hours of mountaineering. Shorter routes possible.
Comment: doesn't really qualify. Included because its big and difficult.
More: the full story here
Location: Aiguille de Argentiere, Chamonix.
Vertical Drop: 900m
Average slope angle: 47 degrees
Maximum slope angle: Some 55 degrees, depending on your line
Effort: 5 hours hike up the reverse side of the peak
Commnt: Serious stuff. Check page 2 of the full story for images.
More: the full story here
Vertical Drop: 900m
Average slope angle: 47 degrees
Maximum slope angle: Some 55 degrees, depending on your line
Effort: 5 hours hike up the reverse side of the peak
Commnt: Serious stuff. Check page 2 of the full story for images.
More: the full story here
Some peak, Stubai Alps, Austria
Location: Kuhtai, Stubai Alps, Austria
Vertical Drop: 500m
Average slope angle: not steep, 35-40.
Maximum slope angle: short sections of 45.
Effort: incredibly easy, a few hours max.
Comment: doesn't qualify at all. Included because its looks nice and I rode it with my girlfriend.
More: the full story here
Vertical Drop: 500m
Average slope angle: not steep, 35-40.
Maximum slope angle: short sections of 45.
Effort: incredibly easy, a few hours max.
Comment: doesn't qualify at all. Included because its looks nice and I rode it with my girlfriend.
More: the full story here
