Chamonix Straightline Adventures Camp 2007-dates and price

**str8line** · 10-20-2006, 12:44 PM

The dates for this year's Chamonix camp will be January 27-February 3.

The limit is 10 people and there are 6 spots left. This trip is for experts with the ability to ski hard all day and handle any snow conditions and some exposed steeps.

This is such a fun trip and Chamonix and the surrounding region is definitely one of the most breathtaking places on earth. The terrain, lifts, vertical, towns, food, culture and architecture are just incredible. It truly is the epicenter of extreme.

The camp will have tons of skiing, lots of video analysis and instruction, glacier travel and rescue instruction(see photos in trip report below), avalanche safety and rescue instruction, and great food and culture.

Last year's camp was very cool. The international cast who attended were super fun(skier666, Shirk, Hicks, Horizon, Bad_roo, Hayduke, Francis the Guide). We skied 8 resorts in Italy and France surrounding Mt. Blanc and Chamonix in 7 days. We also skied top to bottom at all 8. Conditions varied from powder to hardpack and allowed us to ski almost everywhere(the extreme steeps were dicey with some of the hardpack-slide you die

).

This year Francis will be back as guide even though he is currently zig-zagging across the U.S. in his new Class A motorhome with his wife and 3 year old boy searching out their new home. After 18 years of living in Chamonix and becoming the first American to graduate from the prestigious Chamonix Guides School, he and his wife decided to raise their child in America and settle here(his cool blog of their travels is here: www.nosiesta.com) Francis is a tremendous guide/coach. He has skied most of the extreme routes around Chamonix and elsewhere in the Alps. His knowledge of all things skiing, mountaineering and Chamonix related are off the charts and he is a great guy to hang with.

Our base camp will once again be the Best Western Hotel Le Morgane, which is just 200 meters from the Aguille Du Midi Tram(9000 vt. ft.). It is a very comfortable hotel and has a conference room with an overhead projector that we will use for all the video analysis.

The price is the same as last year($2799) and includes lodging(breakfast included), lift tickets, transportation, and the camp.

Also, as an added bonus anyone who registers will receive an Eider pro-form for big discounts on Eider gear.

The Straightline Adventures Website is:

http://www.straightlineadventures.com

The trip reports from last years camp:

Another one of Casey's(skier666) incredible megablogs:

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...monix+str8line

and BadRoo's opine on the trip:

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...monix+str8line

**freshies** · 10-20-2006, 12:58 PM

hmmm, i have been meaning to make a pilgram to meca, maybe this is the year. is there a mag discount for the trip?

**Hicks** · 10-20-2006, 01:13 PM

You got balls for daring to return over here.

Sorry to see Francis leaving.

**Idris** · 10-20-2006, 01:40 PM

I will be around again this winter to say hi to any maggots who make it.

**shirk** · 10-20-2006, 01:53 PM

It's an awsome trip for anyone who can go.

Gordy and Francis are amazing.

**TeleAl** · 10-20-2006, 01:55 PM

I will try and get over for a quick hello and a beer perhaps.

Give a shout if you come CH side. Found more nice stuff last year.

Think Snow!

**tarkman1** · 10-20-2006, 03:30 PM

Cham is awesome.

**str8line** · 10-23-2006, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by freshies

hmmm, i have been meaning to make a pilgram to meca, maybe this is the year. is there a mag discount for the trip?

It depends. If the camp fills up I will give a rebate to every camper(more campers=less overhead as a percentage for me so I'll share the profit). Contact me if you are on the fence because of the price and I'll see what I can do.

**Twoplanker** · 10-23-2006, 02:11 PM

Also, you can click on the link below to check out the pictures from last years camp:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/straightline

Jump to the Chamonix pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/straigh...7594339736749/

**skier666** · 10-24-2006, 12:00 PM

Just a warning...Gordy is TOUGH on this trip. The constant yelling in French about my upper body positioning is still resonating in my eardrums.

Seriously though, the location of the hotel is ONE BLOCK from the AIGUILLE and within walking distance to anything you'd ever want. Francis knows every skiable inch of the valley, and more importantly where all the best coffee shops are located. Highly recommended to anyone who's thinking about this one.

**irul&ublo** · 10-24-2006, 01:06 PM

Whooo-hoooo....there I am, upper right....who wants to touch me?

**horizon** · 10-31-2006, 04:50 AM

hmmmmm I've done it last year, and I can't afford it, but I'm in Verbier the week before, finishing bang on 27 Jan...and it's 1.5 hours from Chamonix...