It’s Now June, and The French Are Still Skiing HUGE Lines in Chamonix

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I just fell in love with her shapes at first sight on saturday. In between rocks & ice it looked like one of those salty and sweet lines so I had to ski it on Sunday Here is one of our last journey with @vivianbruchez and @mathis_dumas in the Contamine Negri, #montblanc du Tacul. We climbed up in the couloir to see if the conditions were okay and the snow was perfect with a good grip. So after a quick rappel on a dry lunule it was the time to realize the smallest turn we can make... it was a good challenge . @insta360 @casilianband Cheers Hugo #saltyandsweet #home #rideforEstelle #chamonixmontblanc #betterwithaltitude #livethemoment #iskiedtoday #futurelight #livetoplayanotherday #neverstopexploring #MyOutdoors #teamvibram #freeride #mountains #skiing #quarantine #steepskiing

A post shared by Léo Slemett (@leoslemett) on Jun 3, 2020 at 11:30pm PDT

It seems like all that quarantine stay-at-home training got a select crew of Chamoniards into the best shape of their lives. With normal ski season long gone, the likes of Leo Slemett, Pica Herry, Vivian Bruchez, and countless other local guides and athletes are still getting after it in the Mont Blanc massif. That means massive slogs from the valley floor into zones like the famous Argentiere Basin, Tof Henry taking up the art of speedflying, or finding new first descents on Mont Blanc itself.

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Here’s a roundup of some of the best we’ve seen on Instagram.

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A post shared by Vivian Bruchez (@vivianbruchez) on May 31, 2020 at 10:39am PDT

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A post shared by Julien Herry (@picaherry) on May 26, 2020 at 10:02am PDT

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A post shared by Yannick Boissenot (@yannick_boissenot) on May 22, 2020 at 9:26am PDT

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A post shared by Ross Hewitt (@ross.hewitt) on Jun 1, 2020 at 11:07am PDT

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A post shared by Tof Henry (@tof_henry) on May 26, 2020 at 11:47am PDT

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I manage digital content here at TGR, run our gear testing program, and am stoked to be living the dream in the Tetons.