1. A once in a 30-year snowfall starts... ...as do the avalanches
| 2. Daybreak - there's been a bit of accumulation! And still it snows heavily...
| 3. All lifts closed. Time to get the skins out (with the blessing from les pisteurs)
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4. And it stops. And the sun comes out...
| 5. Everything blanketed in a deep layer...
| 6. Dusk at Bellevarde
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7. Grant in the deep stuff on skis
| 8. Playing in the trees
| 9. Atop the Col de l'Iseran :)
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10. Grant on the col
| 11. Back into deep powder in the trees - breathe in!
| 12. View of Val d'Isere from Le Fornet
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13. Val d'Isere high street!
| 14. Morning skinning
| 15. The lost valley - totally inaccessible
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16. The best thing in the world ever
| 17. Yup, the drifts are THIS big!
| 18. What are these funny lumps at Val Claret?
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19. ...oh they're cars...
| 20. ...hope this one doesn't need to go anywhere soon!
| 21. Le Grand Motte in all its glory
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22. Stunning alpine views
| 23. Grant on the glacier
| 24. The Wall couloirs - Grant bottom right for scale...
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25. Playing on the side of Grande Balme
| 26. Grant in the sun on Grand Balme
| 27. Grant
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28. Eye of the needle
| 29. Looking down into Val
| 30. Final morning skinning
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31. Sunrise :)
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