The North Couloir of the Col du Plan, a.k.a Tournier Spur, is considered the 'introduction' to skiing the North Face of the Aiguille du Midi. 50deg icy slopes above a guaranteed death fall is par for the course on this iconic mountain face! The line had been skied before but the old tracks had since filled in again, meaning we were skiing the line blind and 'onsight'. This lead to an error in line choice which was nearly a disaster!

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