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Book a high mountain guide Uiagm in La Grave - La Meije

Freeride skiing at La Grave / La Meije takes place entirely in an off-piste. World-class routes often start on glaciers. There are no marked runs and many risk areas, skiing with a guide is strongly recommended. Here are some reasons to choose a freeride day or weekend with a Snowlegend guide:
 The off-piste area is extremely vast, with a guide you can optimize your freeride skiing day in La Grave by skiing the best routes with the best timing.
 Some itineraries like the Vallons of La Meije or Vallons of Chancel overlook areas of cliffs where you must not take the wrong route.
 Guides know the snow conditions of all the freeride itineraries as they ride here all winter. With a ski guide you will never be in a panic in the middle of an icy couloir.
 The Snowlegend guides know all the safety procedures in the glacial zone, whether for the Dome de la Lauze or the Girose Glacier. They are your insurance and security for areas with crevasses for example.
 The Snowlegend team is composed of UIAGM guides and instructors who are above all freeride enthusiasts in skiing, snowboarding or telemark. They will share their passion with you.

For quality and safety, Snowlegend prefer to guide groups of maximum 5 riders for couloirs and itineraries.
We accept groups of 6 persons for classical itineraries
Which are Vallons of Chancel or La Meije or Saint Christophe. Typical day Off-piste

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Family off-piste experience

Family freeride stay in La Grave - La Meije with Snowlegend guide

Come and enjoy a unique freeride experience with your family in La Grave - La Meije. Come and ride in this legendary domain with your children in complete safety and confidence. A Snowlegend mountain guide will take you with your son, daughter or whole family and together you will have a great time skiing routes specially selected for you by our guides. Because there is nothing better than sharing beautiful descents with those who are important to you, we will accompany you so that you have a great day and have unforgettable memories of this experience in La Grave. Whether your children are ski champions and want to discover this famous resort or you love it and want to share this incredible place with your loved ones in complete safety, at Snowlegend you will find a pro capable of taking you to ski great off-piste runs and have some good chit-chat for the young and old. Our guide will take you to discover the freeride area, its uniqueness, its history, its fauna and during your descents in the most interesting valleys and couloirs adapted to the level and the condition of your group, you will refine your technique and your knowledge of the snow conditions. Your guide will find the right places and pace for you to all have fun.
Level required: Comfortable on red / black slopes. Age: from 12 to 80 years old.
 A little extra: so that you are all at ease, the Snowlegend shop offers free rental of freeride skis or snowboards adapted to the terrain of La Grave for the youngest skiers, or if they are already well equipped for the parents. A bonus to bring each other even closer and forge strong bonds between you.

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Splitboard for a day or tour In Oisans - Ecrins with nights in refuge

 The splitboard: Find the stomping ground of the origins of snowboarding, those places for which snowboarding was invented: vast wild areas and virgin slopes.
The split-board is a means discovering freeride touring with your favorite gear on your feet and with the same ease as skiers. The splitboard allows an hour or more of skinning to reach beautiful descents, with 2 minutes at the top to switch the bindings to descent mode and give the feel of a real board on your feet. The splitboard is no more difficult to use to skin up than walking and the descent is fantastic !!! With a splitboard the whole mountain awaits us, with routes for all physical and technical levels ...
 3 mountain guides of our team love split-boarding. With Snowlegend free-ride guide, it is possible to organize a tour of several days with nights in refuge in the wild Alps. Don’t hesitate to contact us.
 You’ll find in La Grave splitboards Jones Solution, Rossignol Xavier de Le Rue, Marion Haerty with bindings Plum or Karakoram to rent and motivated guides at Snowlegend shop !

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Ski touring day out in the mountains around La Grave and Serre Chevalier

The ski touring around La Grave- La Meije offers beautiful day trips or over several days with nights in refuge. The whole mountain is offered to us, with its varieties of larch forests, valleys, slopes, couloirs, glacier and summits... The first objective is to find beautiful snow to put under our skis.
The climb is the pleasure of consistent effort, at a pace that the guide adapts to your physical condition, in the peaceful atmosphere of the wild mountain, with regular breaks to hydrate and take pictures.
At the top we remove the skins from our skis, have a snack and look around the horizon at the surrounding peaks...
For the descent, the guide gives the options of the different lines that can be taken, safety instructions and technical advice to make the most of the terrain and snow ... And we’re off! To make big freeride turns at mach 2 or small, each his line, each his skis, but snow, fun and pleasure for everyone!

 For information: possibility to book online the ski touring rental (Escaper Rossignol) at the Snowlegend chalet in La Grave.

Some examples of our ski touring itineraries for the day out in the mountains from La Grave:

Chazelet area - La Grave:
 Signal de La Grave: Altitude 2450 m, 700 m vertical elevation, 2h30 climb, beginners level
 Plateau d’Emparis, Gros Têt: altitude 2650 m, 900 m vertical elevation, 3 hours climbing, beginners level
 Refuge du goléon et col du Cruq des Aiguilles: altitude 2700 m, 1000 m vertical elevation, 3h30 climb, beginners level
 Côte Plaine: altitude 2750 m, 700m vertical elevation, 2h30 climb, beginners level
 Spaghetti Couloir of the Cruq des Aiguilles: altitude 2750 m, 1050m vertical elevation, 4h climbing, level difficult

La Grave area / Girose glacier:
 Brêche of the Pan de Rideau and Epaule du Rateau W: altitude 3650 m, vertical elevation 650 m, climb time 2h30, beginners level
 Col de la Girose 3500 m and Pic de la Grave 3650 m, vertical elevation 750 m, 3h climbing, level difficult

Col du Lautaret area:
 Col des Clochettes: 500m vertical elevation or 2 hours of climbing, beginners level.
 Tête Noire: 800m vertical elevation, 3 hours climbing, beginners level.
 Pic blanc du Galibier: 900m vertical elevation, 3 hours climbing, easy, beginners level.
 Pic de Combeynot: 1100m vertical elevation, 4 hours climbing, quite difficult, experienced level.
 Grand Galibier by the Col Termier: 1300m vertical elevation, 5 hours of climbing, difficult, experienced level.

Vallée de la Guisane area:
 Tour de l’aiguillette du Lauzet : 800m vertical elevation, easy.
 Tête de Ste Marguerite: 1200m vertical elevation, quite difficult.
 North face of the Pic de l’Etendart: 1400m vertical elevation, difficult.
 Petit couloir Davin: 1300m vertical elevation, very difficult.

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