Big lines at Lagalb - Engadin

There you go. Your car fully loaded with expedition gear and some nice plans. A wall full of couloirs has been in your head for ages. A beautiful peak somewhere above the tiny hamlet of Alpe Devero. The plan is simple: skin with a sled up, set up a base camp and then climb the couloirs. Robbert Schippers, Roel van der Laan, Popski and Michiel Neyens went for it. With very beautiful images as a result.

But what if there is wind, too much wind, with tricky avalanche conditions as a result? What if your plans turn out to be too risky? Then park that plan for later in the season, have a godd discussion with each other, pack everything up again and drive to that part of the Alps where there is enough snow, the lifts are still closed and a wonderful north face is waiting for you. Lagalb was the new destination, a mountain opposite the Diavolezza in the Engadin. Skinning up over the still closed slopes towards the top and then this as a reward.

Don’t forget to pump up the volume, because the video below deserves it …

Above you see Robbert Schippers on his Powfinder Split 157 shredding the north face of the Lagalb. Lovely snow, wonderful images and that early season. A nice lesson for all of us from these four gentlemen. If you think carefully, you always ride powder somewhere without taking too many risks.

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