Photos from Chamonix
Chamonix, France, is one of those places that I fantasize about all the time. All the big mountains, the history of climbing and skiing crazy lines and the mountain characters who reside there. But in this Chamonix fantasy I'm a super rad skier who has no fear and isn't worried about 60-degree blue ice. Which is the opposite of how I actually ski (lots of powder and nothing too extreme is more my style).
Last winter, we made a last-minute decision to go to Chamonix, and luckily for me you don't have to be a fearless steep skier to enjoy the mountains there. With help from locals Andrea Binning, Stian Hagan and "American" Dave Rosenbarger, I discovered that Chamonix is also powder skier's dream.
Along with Ingrid Backstrom, Giulia Monego and Chris Davenport, we were lucky to get feet upon feet of snow, a few days of sun, and temperatures that stayed cold to the valley bottom.
"Fortunately I was able to be flexible and schedule trips last minute to hit perfect snow," says Chris Davenport. "We nailed a six-foot storm on the first sunny day in a week in Chamonix last January."
