When the wind is South East on Col du Lautaret a huge playground is offered to us snowkiters. Armed with our little wings to climb up everywhere, we stroll between the great Galibier and Lautaret.
From the bottom the slopes are enlighted by the sun and give us envy, but the light is too strong and finally the snow not good, so we decide to go back to Chaillol and look for the canyon by carving down, the show is superb with all this snow that flies and materializes the wind… Nico settles himself in the shelter of a rock and guides me by radio and finally gives me the green light to ride into the bottom of the canyon which proved very playful and spectacular that day.
The more I climb, the more the snow is frozen, we do not realize it, but on the video you can clearly see that in the bottom of the canyon the snow is the best! The rest of the day we were able to climb the 3 Évêchés, the Pic Blanc and the Col du Galibier to finish with a debriefing with Joss Bonabel of Hotel des Glaciers.
Rider & Video Edit: Alex Robin