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Article: Running the Glaciers of Mont Blanc; New Challenge for Skiers Atop the `Roof of Europe'
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- February 21, 1988
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Let's say you're an intermediate skier in good condition. You've
skied moguls, big and small. You've schussed some of the famous
trails in the Rockies and the Green Mountains. Now you're getting a
little bored with it all.
What do you do?
You do what I did-you go to Courmayeur-Mont Blanc, in the Italian
Alps, and ski down the side of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in
the Alps. The run over glaciers is called the Valle'e Blanche, and
since it's more than 12 miles long, it seems to go on forever.
"All you need is a guide," said Leo Garin, a Courmayeur
businessman who is one of the region's leading mountaineering
experts. I had told him I was thinking of skiing the Valle'e
Blanche.
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