Graham Bell skis La Face run in Val d'Isère 

I recall around 10 years ago having done this as first skier of the day from the higher station where they had this train running around 10 minutes before La Face condola opens there were total of four persons in the train. It was probably one of the fastest run I've ever made as I didn't have to think what was around the corner... I did most of the corners with just one turn and my feet were aching of pain when I reached the lower station of the condola... I succeeded in getting the second condola cabin going up and got practically a second similiar round to go, which was just pure joy (and pain). Some of the best memories of my life...

I did that run on my first week learning to ski at the urging of my so called "mates" as in "Go on, you're a natural!" Talk about turning a black into a green run! Took me over an hour to get down.

Best run and course conditions I have seen you film.

That was made to look so easy! Amazing run! I've gone it once before and I had to stop at least 5 times

now thats insane. im looking for a home in one of the EU alps to ski all season for next few yrs. this amazingly fun looking black run may have sealed the deal for me. its exactly what i want. steep black but groomed. amazing thank you very much for posting !

We love it then your sharing all the best secrets one of my favourites

I was on this run today. Dont think its been groomed in weeks or over a month. Fully mogulled and icy so this video makes it look like a dream!

Love this. I felt lt was me skiing right there.! ⛷️😊

Exhilarating!

When you realise it wasn't a helmet cam 😧

Love it!!!!

I know those corners so well, for the right and the wrong reasons! 😄

this is why i feel sorry for snowboarders. faster, harder, faster, harder, better :) love you xo

Nice! ... 👍

Challenge accepted.

Thanks, Graham. I'll give that one a miss!

Heavy slope...but nice...

He skys like me: few curves

This video does not do the steepness justice. It is quite honestly like skiing down a cliff face.

Great run. The snow conditions that day were clearly very easy. That slope is usually iced up. Thats how most skiers know La Face.

He makes this run look so easy... the video does no justice to truly show how steep this run actually is!! I did it twice over New Year, once at 3pm (I do not recommend) and at 9am first thing in the morning, conditions are so much better then.

God it's weird recognising a ski slope from RU-vid

Did this a few times last week on a snowboard and some of the off piste to the right of the steeps. Great run, kills the legs and I've got to agree the run is wayyy steeper than it appears on film haha. Awesome run Graham.

Don’t be fooled though, it can be a tough run when well used, with icy patches and large moguls, consequently I have skied it like Mr Bell, but also like Horace goes skiing, with one massive side slip down the last steep bit with very little control. Great 👍 run. I only hope to be back many times.

Lol. Try this at 4.30 in the afternoon.

What a huge disappointment - my Brother and I did this in the 80's and there was a virtually vertical horrendous mogul field at the end - the rest was much as shows now (though less groomed) - hence I always assumed that was why it was called 'Le Face' - as very steep 'face' last bit. How things change.

Some advice to anyone whose not yet done it: edge your skis beforehand. Chances are when you do it, the bottom section will be a lot icier than this video makes out

Пиздлива істота. Думаю: заткнешся вже до кінця спуску, чи так і будеш пиздіти?

Great run, shoossed the last bit all the way down, eyes were watering even through goggles went back up and did it again

Wow that scared me .... I can't ski at half that speed!!!

Really nice skiing there, Mr. Bell, a pleasure to watch. Seems like that was an average speed of at least 60km/h and that is really getting it on.

Unbelievably fun run to do first thing in the morning and hit some unreal speed and jumps off those lips. It also happened to be the run I'd have to come down to finish the day at 4pm in late April with moguls the size of golf carts. Killer

Those skiers who just stop in a narrow section, what are they like?

Quite steep and a little icy when I did it but miles better than the awful crowded blue run that takes you down into Val d'Isere if you're coming from Tignes

Five! I did 2 runs top to bottom without stopping and i was finished!

Incredible skier , so fast !

Rarely ski in France but watching this reminds me of the fun times I’ve skied the Kitzbuheler Streif here in Austria (fortunately there are several route alternatives!)

He actually smashed that slope. Fair play!

Did it un-pisted, powder snow, Moglies when i was 15 that was shit scary didnt know when to turn burning thighs. Did it again 2 years later. Pisted and smooth that was brilliant amazing run

Sick skiing.

Looks quite easy but i guess it is much steeper than the video shows

Did this run last week - fantastic black, agree with the recommendation to do it first thing!

My stomach just turned coming over a couple of those crests.

I remember doing this run at like 3pm, the moguls on the steepest part at 1:28 were hectic

He said he dares anyone to do more than 5.... I'm out here now and I'll top your 5 with a 6.

Skied La Face a few weeks ago, bloody hell the bottom end is icy!

Man, great job (Luck?) at avoiding those other skiers especially below the jump bumps!

Great how a world class skier like Bell does it in 3 minutes. Took me 20 mins generally. It was the last run I did before I hung up my boots. That afternoon I went from very top of Le Fornet to valley, then to top of Solaise to valley then up Bellevarde and down La Face. What a glorious end to my 40 years of skiing, I'll never forget that last day!

Dang your a good skier

Icy? Laughs in east coast

That was as easy as the Face ever gets. 20 years ago it was a beast covered in car sized moguls. 😀 that was far more of a challenge.

I've got a question for Graham and the question I've skied with Bartelski at Meribel and I'm feeling suicidal I've got an Intermediate silver badge I think mediocre pass and I don't give a fuck about Covid or ever did and I don't give a fuck about about anybody in the resort nor anyone else, please can I ski the Kitsbuhel Dowhill from the top to wherever no training, you first and I'll follow.

I will have a go at the 5 run leg burner. Maybe not at the level you did it in. 🤙🏼🤙🏼

Skied this in 1990/91 just before the Albertville games, once it was known what all the courses were. True leg burner. The English & Welsh Universities Ski Council (EWUSC) would hold its championships around here - Tignes, Les Meniures, Les Arc - around then.

FIVE!! I'd be broken after two!! First thing in the morning too!! Impressive with cold legs!! Won't be cold by the bottom. Snow was in fab condition too!

I used to work in Val d'Isere as a ski host. Used to love a first thing Face run on our day off. If we had any arrogant and cocky skiers in our group who thought they were the next Marcel Hirscher we would take them down the Face as the last run of the day, was a great cure for hubris haha.

Why oh why oh why did I do it every evening last week at 5pm? Because it's the quickest way back down to apres ski. Bit of an ice rink though. 😎

Wish I could ski like that

The way he’s shouting to the camera between breaths so casually 😂😂😂

I once skied this drunk with a helmet tucked under my jacket. Graham was more graceful. 😅

Did it las year, not a Black Run by Alaskan standards but still a fun run if you like skiing on piste. Like he says is best to hit it early when is nicely groomed.

When he says this guy is using all of the slope...Yeah, no shit Sherlock because its a steep as fuck on the approach.

Raide impressionnante mais large , ça passe tout seul ! bien plus facile que l épaule du charvet juste a coté ou la foret sur la même station !

Done this run many times, but the best time was after it dumped hard the night before and I got first lifts up, fresh pow all the way down before the moguls appeared.

Beautiful. Weird Europeans call that a black though.

Wow I was There on vacation 2 weeks ago on that run

Just don’t do this as your first early run at Feb half term unless you want to join a ridiculous queue to get back up!

D you know history sttstch c yo this place during WWII,?that there was Jew hiding there brinbnloked after Dr amongst people who were Nazis etc.

Hello, ich war 36 mal in Val d`Isere , Es waren meine schönsten Schi Erlebnisse im Tiefschnee !!

You try doing this at 4pm last run, it’s a very different beast to conquer.

Wow, I did well when I was there 24.5 years ago then. My last 5 runs were down le face, in March, heavyish snow, and the bottom half was all moguls from that tight left hand turn where graham said there is the jump. I definitely earns the 5 serieux I had that night - and the nice late breakfast ‘ early lunch me and the guys had the next day before going home.

hahaha 5 times down with what a helicopter ?

Awesome! My group is going to be there in Feb '23 for 6 days. Hope to give it a shot!

🤣 🤣 It’s always my last run of the day before beer o’clock...and it looks and feels very different then!

Super Dupes. Wish I was that good. The adrenalin rush must be macrotic!

Best black run in the world for me. Did it for 15 years and still enjoy it.

It used to be my breakfast

haha... i loved that. up and early, no one on the run to worry about.... noisy noisy crispy snow. faster faster!

A fantastic run. Perfect start to your day.

ÑJuliethibault07

ayyy we stan la face :)

Soyjak

Great video. Of course he makes it look easy, this is a guy who was a pro downhill skier and who has skied straight down the Hahnenkamm with a video cam for tv. But a joy to watch. Bravo Mr Bell.

I only know it with huge moguls,, not nice lol

Would love to get my dad out on this... maybe one day.

Did this about 10 times when I was there with a 50% success rate.

I love how he says dares any to do it five times first thing in the morning, once would be amazing! oh, and every run I do is a leg burner! :)

Hi Mr. Bell. End of the run is near.

What about l'Ancolie ?

What a handsome bloke

Go realy on Beleverade

I could do this all day.

doesn't look black...

Why the dislikes??

You know how to ski

Rocking it.👍

Beautiful run

Nice vid! #PlanksJapan=PJ

I did a ski competition on this slope

Skied it