I lived there for 20 years, and did all the variations over the years. On a deep powder day, I was skiing the Grand Envers du plan with my friend Francois Burnier (author of the Vamos guides) and we came across 4 Austrians looking down a very deep crevasse which contained their guide (20 meters down) , their guide had the rope , so not much use to them. Fortunately we were well equipped and pulled him out and then got him a Heli rescue, he was badly banged up. We then had to guide the Austrians down, after which they bought us a nice lunch at Montenvers. Epic day :)

Been there since the late 80s. It is fantastic almost every time, although ice cover shrinks for each passing year. But so many iconic descents to choose from. And I really like you did the old-school 8 pattern. In fact it is quite an optimal way to express yourself individually while stying on an assigned line. Keep rippin!

Cold powder and reggae go together perfectly. Rastafarians must have been powderhounds in a previous exsitance.

Wonderful Video! Nostalgic since I hiked up the Mer De Glace from Montenvers up to the Aiguille de Midi in the summertime some years aga, spending a night at the Requin Refuge! Amazing Glacier Scenery & Icefall at anytime of year! Thanks for Sharing! Merci!

Thanks,Great video, I always enjoy the Aiguille ski videos, I been lucky to have skied it 3 times, one low snow year with scary crevasses everywhere. Keep up the great turns. I spend my winters in Whistler now.

Thanks. Takes me back to my ski patrolling days in SoCal, I’m in my 70s now and never made it to Chamonix France but thanks to you I’m there.

Did this run once. Early 00’s. Utterly incredible day out. This brought back some memories. Thank you

Mate, thanks for the great run down a true classic! Brought back some fun memories of the 7-8 times I've done the run as a 'kid' in the early '80s. So lucky as lots of snow that season, less glacier loss to climate change and each time we managed to ski ALL the way down to the Les Plannards / Chamonix through the forest. No need for the cable car / train from Montenvers. Truly wonderful. Your video captured it really well!

10:28 Miles Smart is a great guide! No wonder why you had such a wonderful time. Thanks for sharing! 👍🏼

Great video that brought back happy memories having done this many times over the last 40 years. Great music too; thank you

Fabulous video. Conditions look awesome. Thanks a million👍

Really superb. What an excellent video or a magnificent run.

Awesome music and some superb mountain landscapes. Thank you.

It's incredible KZfaq algo recommended this video to me. I have no digital evidence of my 1986 Vallee Blanche run and didn't think to search for videos on it. Immediately brought flashes of memory of that all day ski run.

I've skied the Vallee Blance back in the 1990s. I don't remember the first bit along the ridge. Not sure I would have the guts to do it now. I remember the scenery being spectacular but I was mainly concerned with staying upright and keeping by skis on and not dehydrating. Getting all the way down in one piece was an achievement of sorts.

looks amazing, great video. on my bucket list now

This is a dream of mine. Thank you for posting this video.

lol.. you got me watching hardcore after the third sentence" such a rad scene here", " fuking stoke level is super high". ....man wow super vibe with this video! cheers from Canada!

Skied it in 95, I'm sure like some other commenters we skied all the way down back into Chamonix, and amazing experience. Massive "cajones" for skiing the ridge at the start . "Respect"💪💪💪

snow was in beautiful condition …. excellent music to sway the skis to...

Super views. Top skiing and Great tune too!

Best video to show what the Valle Blanche is about 👍

Highly recmended tour. But: Do NOT ski where no one else has skied whitout guide unless you are knowing exactly what you are doing. Do NOT follow local skiers who uses crevases as small half pipes (I tried that, managed to fix it by a huge amount of luck). Nice ride - have respect for the mountians. Also: Half way down there is a nice hut with a good resturant a few 100 meters away from the main track! Don't miss that one!

Beautiful fresh powder to ski on. What a glorious run. When I skied it 30 years ago, the route was very icy with crevasses very visible - not so much fun!

Wow. That's exceptional. Nice fresh. Let'm roll kid!

Nice video! I skied down there twice. My first was with a guide, and then on the following year I did it alone. I think it was not smart for doing alone. I was lucky for ski down without troubles. There are sections you will be skiing next to crevasses. If you ski alone and fell into a crevasse, nobody would find you!

Beautiful! Skied this in 81 with my bro, no guide and we were nowhere near expert, but we just followed everyone else. A bit nervous about the icefall, but all went well. Had wine and bread and cheese after the crevasses…. 😎🍷

Fantastica discesa complimenti, la pendenza, lo scenario la difficoltà..! Stupendo!

I got to ski it in April '89 on a nice sunny day with 2 friends. Great day!

Awesome, you give me hope to get back to France. Only the first ridgeline had some pucker factor.

Wow, I wish I had the skills to do the same. Epic run and mountains.

Cool video. Thanks for sharing, I was stood on the top of Mount Blanc a few weeks ago and I was wondering where the skiers were disappearing too. Would love to give this route a go some day. More practice and ski holidays needed first though. Peace ✌️

I first did this back in about '98. Still one of my favourite places to ride in the world.

For armature video it was excellent plus high quality and I really enjoyed the music also. Thanks!

Amazing!

Thanks for a nice video.

great vid Kurt! We're heading over the beginning of Jan, any recommendations for places to eat/ drink and be merry?

Great video, thanks Kurt. Heading there in a couple of weeks and super stoked about it. Dig that headband you’re wearing, what brand is that, where’d you get it? Cheers, Russell.

I have a wall poster from when I was there in 1975 and it was like being on the moon. Now it is all rocks and hardly any glacier!

I almost tried this last season but was enjoying Vebier too much so stayed there an extra day instead. I will head to VB someday soon though. Hoping the Alps get more snow this season.

A beautiful video.

EPIC! It was as if I was right there with you the whole way down!! Hahaa.. Well, kinda....

That looked so fun. At what time of the year was this?

Enjoyed the roots!

There I was thinking "I could ski that" until about 8:41 ! Was that avalanche debris and were there alternate routes available ?

Great to watch , reggae fits it perfect.

Sick ride! What’s the ”9000 vertical feet” reference?

Finally a skiing video without trashy EDM music Big ups ma man💚

np music, snow sounds!

Epic !!! thanks

Thank you!

Great run! I am curious, what would you do if you accidentally ski to the left on 2:30. Is it a large slope cliff or can you ski down there too? Or is it dangerous, you should only follow the middle track?

I Did VB in 2019 decent conditions, 2022 terrible snow but both times the scenery made it worth it. I will keep trying to get lucky and get a day like this!

Awesome run man!

Wow I'd love to try this, looks far more approachable than I imagined it to be. I was expecting La Grave type steeps.

Can’t go wrong with Miles!

Strange how you didn’t include the beautiful 400m climb back out of the valley at the bottom of the glacier - also very memorable!! 😅😅

how long did it take to complete your run?

did it in February 2002....wow...loved it

how long did it take to ski it all?

looks like a lot of fun specially with the fresh pow! is it mandatory to hire a guide? I wanted to do it 2 years ago but my wife wasn't much into skiing and paying over 400 bucks for a guide was way out of my budget... had to do Brevent-flegere instead

Did not know it was possible to ski just out of the gate. Surely beats walking down the trail with the crowd.

Nice views man !

Great vid. What happened to the wind

magnifique....

Skies this in 2000 but had to hike down past the ridge as the rocks were exposed off to the right.

whats the underfoot on those blackcrows? 96?

Had to turn the sound off.....should have just left the actual sound.

How do you get picked up later?

Much easier than I expected.

Alright @kurtschmid how many people do you think actually got the "Chamonix 9000 vertical feet" (with a Kiwi accent) reference. I wanna know.

Great video, shame you did not show the last bit walking up the steps HaHa

Love the music reggae grove

Great run. Beautiful weather. Shame you added the music.

Nice BEAUTIFUL Intermediate Run... until... 8:48... that's where I thought to myself "maybe not." LOL. great Skiing guys.

Amazing. Not sure how, but loved the Reggae. Not exactly “natural African’, but it was great.

lesss gooooo my mountain!!!! I live here

So lucky with the snow

unreal

WOW

"ahgweedameedee" I was like what language are you speaking at the beginning of this video. sick run tho

What da hell, is this an endless traverse.....or an endless cornfield.....nice.....!!

Were you skiing with locked toes?

woawwwww

Unreal. I wish I could ski but that ship has sailed unfortunately

Stunning !

Would have never got past the ridge with the drop to doom at the beginning.

Went in the 90's and was scared of that lift and didn't ride it.

I've loved skiing since childhood. My late father, born in Finland, started our local ski area in the 1940's. We never used such language, surfer language if you will, to describe what we did for fun. We also did not have to swear. Such a sad ambassador for such a wonderful activity.

Rad,stoked,sick.....YAWN

I'm sorry, that sucks... When was this, March?

i was meant to do this a few years ago and the day before going to do it, covid regulations came in and said we couldnt go to france. whats even sorse is that we werent even going to fly, it was a 1:30 drive

Funny hearing old guys say 'stoke'!

I would get as a far as the ridge before the run, and would literally fall over the ridge and die.

this video did the impossible, it actually is as steep as it looks in the video

That was fun. Admit I did speed vid up to 2X.

70km/hr is a mere 42mph, which would be considered a steady breeze in the Scottish highlands.

On this day you were king in the Land of Gnar

Amazing video. Audio... not so much.

no guide no helmet crazy