The pictures say it all....gorgeous day, lots of sunshine, and the mountains, what more can you ask for?  Many hours spent above 4000m meant my stomach and head were not so happy, but i'm slowly getting used to it.

It's been a dream of mine all winter...every time I drive to the  Valais, I see the epic north face of the Dents du Midi staring at me, welcoming me to this mountain paradise.  Two weeks ago I got the opportunity to ski down it!

After an early start from Lausanne, we reached our starting point of ~1500m, and started our hike up (it's always fun walking on grass in your ski boots...) around 1700m we found some snow, and started skinning our way up to 2300m, the base of the couloir. 

That's when the fun started...a tight couloir with an average slope of 43deg, we trecked up the next 700m with crampons and our skis on our back.  Always keeping an eye out for falling rocks...they were flying past us like bullets! 

After a few (exhausting) hours, we reached the Col de la Dent Jaune 3004m, and had a gorgeous view towards the south.  A quick lunch, and we were ready for what we came here to do...THE DESCENT!  i'll let the pics tell the rest of the story....see them here.