Connexion
Grande Casse, Couloir des Italiens, descent par le Face Nord Centrale 
Départ : Pralognan la Vanoise (le Plan) (1410 m)
Topos associés : Grande Casse, Face Nord centrale Grande Casse, Couloir des Italiens
Sommet associé : Grande Casse (3855 m)
Orientation : N
Dénivelé : 2200 m.
Ski : 5.2
Sortie du jeudi 6 mars 2025
Conditions nivologiques, accès & météo
Weather/temperatures: beautiful
Access conditions/parking altitude: Skin from Pralognan center 1410m
Skiing/snowboarding altitude: 1410m
Skiing conditions: good
Snow conditions and avalanche activity: The snow on the north face was very good condition however unfortunately 2 sections of the Italian corridor were ice. A 60m or so section by the entrance to the finishing gully and also a short 50m section by the entrance to the seracs. Some wind slab in the lower north face and very hard snow on the summit but on the whole the central north face was in very good condition and soft spindrift powder. Multiple small crevasses visible above the seracs on the Central north face. Very little avalanche activity on the north face.
Skiabilité : 🙂 Bonne
Compte rendu
Start from Pralognan center at 05.00am. Summit for 2:45pm The snow on the Italian corridor was perhaps skiable however my partner turned around at the first seracs due to sickness and so I decided a solo descent without rope for the ice sections would be too dangerous. The way up was fantastic, 2 ice axes and crampons were necessary for the whole corridor and we could only skin around 200m from the Col du Grande Casse before we changed to walking. Much longer than I expected, the face just keeps coming! The final section to gain the gully felt very exposed without a rope and ice screws with the fatigue in the legs but the ice was very good for the axes!
Commentaires
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