Phil Ingle

Big avalanche on the Col du Lautaret

Phil Ingle — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:17:23 +0000

There was a massive avalanche on the way up to the Col du Lauteret yesterday afternoon. It happened just after five in the evening between the villages of Casset and Lauzet. There were two seperate slides seperated by about 30 minutes which came off the Aiguilette du Lauzet. Rescuers with a dog, transceivers and probes searched [...]

Car buried in an avalanche

Phil Ingle — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:25:53 +0000

Last night a car was buried under snow on the RD 902 just outside Barcelonnette, the road had been closed because of the danger of avalanches, but the occupants decided to ignore the signs. The snow crushed the roof of the car and blew out the windows, three of the four occupants were trapped in their [...]

Skiing with Ollie and Evie at Ceillac

Phil Ingle — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:16:20 +0000

Today we headed up to Ceillac to get some skis for Ollie to rent for the season. It turned out that the slope next to the rental shop was just perfect for Ollie to learn how to ski. After running up and down beside Ollie all morning, Evie decided in the afternoon that I had to [...]

Ollie and Evie at Arvieux

Phil Ingle — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:47:41 +0000

This was the first day skiing of the season for both Ollie and me. Evie didn’t have a go, but she did ask to have a go next time so we will have to sort out some mini ski’s for her. We played about at the bottom of the slopes for a bit, trying to teach [...]

Peouvou – North West Couloir

Phil Ingle — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:09:05 +0000

Back on the Eissassa Rog and I spotted some likely lines over on the Peouvou. Rog was most keen on the left hand line, but we didn’t know if it went through the cleft in the rocks. I was after the right hand couloir with the S at the top. As we approached it [...]

Eissassa – North West Couloir

Phil Ingle — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:32:24 +0000

I had seen this couloir from Ceillac back at the beginning of January and have been keen to ski it ever since. I can’t find any record of it having been skied, neither in the guidebook, nor on any ski topo websites, nor asking around here, so it is probably a first descent. I hooked [...]

Pointe des Marcelettes – North East Couloir

Phil Ingle — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:12:24 +0000

Pointe des Marcelettes is a great ski tour, right in the middle of the Queyras, with fantastic views and a real mountain feel to the summit. There are a few different descent possibilities, the north east and North West slopes tend to hold the snow well, but have a reputation for fatal avalanches. The south [...]

Pic du Jaillon – East Couloir

Phil Ingle — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:27:20 +0000

The couloir that I had intended to ski with Hubert on Sunday was still un-skied. Alex and Dave had had a few days warming up in the area so I managed to convince them to have a go at it. The couloir finishes in a big cliff so we had to get round that. [...]

Pic du Jaillon – North East Couloir

Phil Ingle — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:01:49 +0000

I saw a nice looking couloir on the pic du Jaillon last weekend when I was up at Arvieux skiing with Ollie. I had a look in the book and couldn’t find it so I managed to get Hubert interested in going and checking it out. The couloir I saw is the unmarked one. [...]

New website

Phil Ingle — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 18:20:04 +0000

My old website has seen no updates for a long time because I have been trying to launch a new version. I have finally got round to it, and hope you like it. I have not transferred all the posts over from my old site yet. I am on a mission to try and do one [...]