My belief was that boarding in the Alps was only about powder and extreme, plus the weather perhaps. This made me somewhat disappointed when we arrived and there was virtually no powder in sight, and the steep chutes weren't covered with snow at all. A day on the mountain was enough to change my mind though.

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Hanne Gjerström charging our home made
1/4 in Val d'Isère. photo by Pär Olsson