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This week we Dave Searle and myself went back to the Miage Glacier under Mont Blanc’s Himalayan sized West Face with the idea to have a semi-rest day and camp on day 1 and then get and early start and ski a line mid-morning before it got too hot. I had some expedition kit to test out so this provided the perfect opportunity. 
At the foot of the Miage. We soon got bored of load carrying in the heat and set up camp.
Chilling out in the evening.
My touring set up this season.
Dave’s disco tent
Our line for the day on looker’s right
Dave at the start of the 1100 m bootpack
The shrund was bottomless and we roped up
Sunrise
Upwards, on and on.
The snow deteriorated due to being worked by spindrift so we skied the good stuff
Ross Hewitt Guiding 
Reblogged this on Dave Searle and commented:
Awesome but foreshortened trip to the Miage Glacier with Ross Hewitt. Didn’t finish the line but skied some awesome snow and it was great to get away from civilization for a camping trip.
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What’s the model of Berghaus pack u use?
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The pack I took was an extreme exped 80 litre as I was testing it out to go to Baffin. They make a similar alpine pack at 45 litres and next year will sell a 25 litre ski specific bag called the arrete 25 which is ABS compatible – I have used this all winter.
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