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Pointe de Chésery East Face

Avoriaz

Portes du Soleil

Nice east face with lots of cliff options

Freeride Skiing Difficult

Distance
4.2 km
Ascent
376 m
Descent
928 m
Low Point
1.6 km
High Point
2.2 km
Gradient
47˚
Pointe de Chésery East Face Map

Our goal was to ski the east face of the Pointe the Chesery, right on the border of Switzerland and France. French Freerider Seb Varlet joined us, a great addition for this mission, we had some good laughs and vibes on this party French mountain. Some good snow conditions but some clouds where playing with us. The approach from the Swiss side is fore effort and harde then from the French side. Because the lifts are closed in France we choose to take the Mossette from Les Crosets and try the Swiss side. Some parts we had to take of the skis and bootback up, also we had some sketchy traverses to do on the warmer south side of this mountain.

Description

If you like to see the whole adventure you can check our video we made of it: https://youtu.be/ezUOsHmGa-A

Pointe de Chésery East Face 4.1 / E3 D / S4

Difficulty

Difficult

Serious gradient of 30-38 degrees where a real risk of slipping exists.

High Exposure (E3)

3 out of 4

In case of a fall, death is highly likely.

Remoteness

1 out of 4

Close to help in case of emergency.

Best time to visit

between January and March

Features

  • Face
  • Cliffs

Equipment required

  • Skins

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