Skiing The World’s LONGEST Off Piste Run - VALLÉE BLANCHE

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We're in France for a classic ski adventure down the Vallée Blanche. Starting from 3842m at the Aiguille du Midi, we ski through glaciers and serac, visit the ultimate lunch spot as well as an ice cave and even take a train to get back to a glass of wine in the center of Chamonix.
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@Sandreas95 Год назад

Wild that you don't have more subscribers - top notch content. The effects we're having on the world are scarily apparent at that glacier, hope I get to see it before it disappears.

@coxipops Год назад

Genuinely one of the best on RU-vid at the moment. One of my favourite channels

@alienaudaxer9827 Год назад

I rode this by snowboard around 20 years ago. Looking back the risks I took compared to my skill levels must've been insane. That ridge walk in snowboard boots was the nerviest part by far. Don't recall there being any steps back out then. Poor glacier...

@John-hq6em 10 месяцев назад

Great video! I skied the Vallee Blanche in 1986…a long time ago! It’s astonishing how much ice has been lost, we skied right into town. Glad I did it when I did!

@vnuijtmans3556 10 месяцев назад

Very impressive footage, and good that you zoom in on the Mer de glace impacted by climate. And very attentive that you respect the French culture by switching from beer to wine ;-). Like your channel, and indeed deserves more subs!

@TheSlipperySlope 10 месяцев назад

Merci and Santé 🍷

@MidnightPolak Год назад

Beautiful scenery! Great footage. I've skied in the Alps a couple of times (Dachstein and La Rosière). The mountains seem so "in your face". Quite different than what I'm used to, living in the Vancouver area and skiing Whistler. Awesome video! Chamonix is on my list.

@davidramsay7020 8 месяцев назад

Great video. I skied the VB some 20 years ago and was surprised at your climb out and transport down. First video I have seen from you so I subscribed and will watch a few more. Good camera work, great story line and interesting topic for an old skier like me.

@FlynnBellamyCars 8 месяцев назад

We ski in the Chamonix Valley every year, the Vallee Blanche is my dream to ski... few more years. 15 years old now skiing there since I was 3, not long now..

@mutex1024 6 месяцев назад

Nice humble brag.

@FlynnBellamyCars 6 месяцев назад

@@mutex1024 That is not how I intended it 😂

@DanielDunn 18 дней назад

Great job man. Just today, 9/19/24, I finally booked my first trip to Chamonix. I am beyond excited, and doing all the research I can. The Vallee Blanche is on the list of must do. I might get in touch with Tom. Thanks for some actual "ski-bum" personality, many videos are not skiers, just tourists. But oh well, I live in the mega tourist town of Breckenridge, CO, and see many people at least enjoying themselves. Again, great job, I enjoyed this video.

@TheSlipperySlope 16 дней назад

Thanks a lot 🍻 Glad the video was useful for you. Let’s hope for a good winter in the French Alps ⛄️

@davidmccarter9479 Год назад

I skied the Vallee Blanche in 1980. Yes, 43 years ago. The Mer de Glace is pretty much gone by the looks of it. How sad.

@ianhutchinson970 Год назад

I skied that back in 1990. We were also there in April but were able to ski all they way to the bottom. It was awesome. Only downside was that I was there with military so they made us do cravas rescue training. That was grim.

@TheSlipperySlope Год назад

Would've loved to see the mer de glace back then!

@ianhutchinson970 Год назад

@@TheSlipperySlope it was huge mate

@williamhitchcock6265 8 месяцев назад

This brought back fond memories. My wife and I did this 60 years ago. It was April, but we were able to ski to the bottom where we had some wine in En Bois. The final bit was steep, trees and sharp turns. it turned out that New England skiier were better at this part than the French !

@bigslydoc 5 месяцев назад

Brilliant video. I last skied the VB in around 2004 or 2005 and the wasting of the Mer de Glacé is terrifying. It’s seems to have wasted down at least 100m since the 2010 marker if not more. It looks like it’ll be back to the Glacier du Tacul and the lower icefall pretty soon which is very sad. Only something crazy like a Gulf Stream breakdown is going to save the Alpine glaciers.

@WitFoxes Год назад

Super professional video! Would have thought you had 7.2M subscribers not 7.2k! Keep it up!

@albrigo 10 месяцев назад

Chamonix is my favourite freeride skiing spot, and you have done a great top professional video with impressing drone views, and a huge work putting together so much footage and cutting it in such a narrative way. Respect!

@TheSlipperySlope 10 месяцев назад

Thanks Ingo! ☺️

@joeybennett1491 7 месяцев назад

Dream of skiing this with my daughters. Might try to make this one happen next season for myself and my oldest. Looks incredible! 🤙

@Timfaassen Год назад

Yes please! More of Chamonix... More of anything 😅🎉 another awesome video. Keep it up!

@kd2533 10 месяцев назад

Awesome video. Thank you. Hi from Australia!

@yordanpavlov7973 Год назад

Top shelf content man, keep it up! Greetings from Bulgaria!

@ojsimpson4040 11 месяцев назад

Subscribed!! More of this stuff please!! Awesome watch

@BruceOldham Месяц назад

Your video's are amazing!

@TheSlipperySlope Месяц назад

Thanks brotha 🍻

@TomKraus Год назад

Great Video & welcome back in the Alps ;) Grüße aus München

@timjones8837 10 месяцев назад

Those steps are a delight...😮

@annh9225 9 месяцев назад

Terrific - thanks! from Canada....

@fergerberger3878 Год назад

That was epic. My dad promised me that I could do that when I turned 13 couple of years after my 13th birthday were going in from the Italian side. I’m so excited haha. Do u reckon u could do a video on the Italian approach?

@mightyleek 9 месяцев назад

Happiest memories of my childhood

@-CrippledNinja- Год назад

Wow... That melting of that glacier was heartbreaking to see...

@TheSlipperySlope Год назад

Yeah, really sad :(

@Antroid1 Год назад

We should all fly there to ski before it melts…

@CompactFlesh Год назад

@@Antroid1 yeah, and then drive there from the airport with fat V8 SUVs

@Antroid1 Год назад

@@CompactFlesh Remember to visit Maldives before they sink!

@1mattmoose 9 месяцев назад

I stumbled across this video while browsing, and a few minutes in, I was wondering why the presenter seemed so familiar. Then it hit me. I used to religiously watch Andreas's whistler ski bum vid! It's a piece of comedy gold that i think i would watch on vimeo back in the day. It's good to see that he's still living right, and I'll be sure to watch more of his vids!

@TheSlipperySlope 8 месяцев назад

OMG, 100 bonus points for being such a veteran viewer 🍺

@andrewmisener Год назад

Beautiful video! Yes, please more content.

@kedmnc895mna Год назад

Another great video!

@stasysfilmslimited Год назад

Nice, you've got some really nice shots and brough some great memories alive since around 2009... Had a dream to come back in March 2023, but did not work out. Definetly would be back there one day! Big dream is one day ski down, next day have a flight with ulta light plane that shuts the engine, so you glide in that silence and breath stopping views, from even higher altitude!

@MartelloClaudio 10 месяцев назад

I did it in April 2003, getting on the mountain from the Italian side (the old cablecar was still running at that time). I can confirm that the final part looked quite different. Great experience anyway.

@Coconautify Год назад

Excellent footage and editing... really great!

@David-q2c2w Год назад

Brings back memories from 1994 Skied north face mnt blanc. La cortes coulior , cosmiques coulior , northface aiguille du argentier , hellbronner down into italy. Its a place where you push yourself. And quite possibly die😊

@kiwibloke2000 10 месяцев назад

looks nice. Thanks

@tomhausmann8993 Год назад

nice Video (as always :) where has the glacier gone!??!?!

@andybute 7 месяцев назад

I skied the Valleé Blanche in 1994 on a Snow & Rock dealer trip. The arrete was a single track and at the bottom we walked up steps to the train. No gondola. Hundreds of feet of ice gone in 30 years. 😢

@_conrad Год назад

duuuude I love your videos so much, Grüße aus Stuttgart

@Paret-Fabwe Год назад

nice video

@highlandgnome 10 месяцев назад

Had the pleasure of skiing this in 1995.

@tedgayer336 10 месяцев назад

Great work! I’ll sub.

@Mayesyy Год назад

More Chamonix please!! Courmeyer also?

@TheSlipperySlope Год назад

It’s on the to do list ;)

@joekohn1852 10 месяцев назад

When I went this past February 2023, the train was closed. Had to hike 30 minutes more and then ski back to chamonix.

@terrablader 4 месяца назад

Glacier sure has reseeded we skied right to valley without train in 98

@russelllutwyche5736 8 месяцев назад

I’ve skied the Vallee Blanche three times, twice in the 80s and once in the 90s. I went to Chamonix to celebrate my 60th birthday with my two children five years ago. I really wanted to take them there to re-experience it together as a family, but sadly it wasn’t open in January. This place is so very special and an incredible experience. I am truly shocked to see how much of the glacier has disappeared from the days when I did it. I remember there was just a few steps before getting on the train, but nothing like what is shown in this video. I wonder how the planet is going to be for my children and grandchildren. Very sad.

@monkeybearmax 8 месяцев назад

The planet is always changing. Who knows maybe we will have another ice age soon?

@samsappleton8381 10 месяцев назад

Did you use the 120's on the run? Did they work out ok?

@morphyon Год назад

This was on my brother‘s bucket list… alas it came never into fruition.

@phil7218 Год назад

Despite the sceptics ignoring the science and facts, global warming is having a devastating impact on galciers and ski resorts in gereral. I've been skiing in Italy since the eighties and it saddens me to see how the Presena Glacier in Passo Tonale has shrank over the years. I fear skiing will die out and be a thing of the past in as little as a couple of decades.

@Antroid1 Год назад

In the Alps/Central Europe at least. Not looking so grim up North. Of course it’s not the same level of skiing.

@wouterkessels 9 месяцев назад

Is this possible to do with a normal snowboard or is skiïng the best way

@oskarfreeski Год назад

This content is top fucking notch

@_wesleyrich_ 9 месяцев назад

What's the French song playing in the refuge clip?

@Arms08 9 месяцев назад

Shoulda taken those skies @6:10 in the middle of the traverse and chucked them over the cliff.

@BackpackersRomania Год назад

Nice video and also very good youtube channel , but... it will be nice to be more correct with the "superlatives". Aiguille du midi (3842m) ski lift it's "just " the 7th highest in world and second in U.E ( Zermatt CH. is the highest in U.E 3899 m).Jade Dragon Snow Mountain China 4,700 m is highest in the world .

@TheSlipperySlope Год назад

Yeah, that’s right. I was referring to the elevation gain, not the elevation of the top station but I should have phrased it more accurately. Would’ve been less catchy though 😉

@ferdinandjeppesen9008 9 месяцев назад

*The lift up to kleiner matterhorn in zermatt is higher

@lesliehedges8252 10 месяцев назад

Please keep an eye on your equipment up here I was roping up and got my back pack stolen. Sorry to be a downer but really pissed me off

@ZafodB3 Год назад

What’s the name of your pet rat in your shirt? 😂

@TheSlipperySlope Год назад

Klaus 😉

@rudimatt3432 Год назад

Never hire a British guide in France, in Britain sure, but as everyone knows the British can’t ski, well except Dave riding, he’s not bad.

@14lebonrupt 10 месяцев назад

All guides must be qualified under the very strict local and national regulations, regardless of nationality. In any event, he was either American or Canadian

@rudimatt3432 10 месяцев назад

@@14lebonrupt American guides are the worst. It’s hard to be good when your mountains are wimpy, like all the east coast guides, they’re mountains are pathetic.

@rudimatt3432 10 месяцев назад

@@14lebonrupt He’s from Virginia USA, and Sussex England, and he can’t ski as well as the narrator.

@14lebonrupt 10 месяцев назад

@@rudimatt3432 Didn’t realise it was competition with you as a totally unqualified judge Your ski assessments are as sharp as your nationality spotting

@rudimatt3432 10 месяцев назад

@@14lebonrupt J'étais sur le thé national, donc Oui Hautement qualifié.

@bigmack10 Год назад

Your channel F'in rules.

@richardcunningham1648 9 месяцев назад

More piled up bullshit

@maxscriptguru Год назад

Improve your editing. You are changing images every literal second. Poor poor editing.

@victorpleva1844 Год назад

that’s the best party wym

@_conrad Год назад

not true

@mettflow2648 11 месяцев назад

downvoted this video for the pronunciation, like bruv if you are making the video, spending 10 seconds on researching how something is pronounced isnt that difficult