First snowboard descent 50 degrees Col Armand Charlet
This episode from Epic TV follows Julien Herry, Davide Capozzi and Luca Rolli first snowboard decent of the Couloir NE of Col Armand Charlet, a beautiful and steep couloir in the Mont Blanc Massif.
The 50-55˚ couloir was skied for the first time in 1993 by Emmanuel Ballot, and no one is said to have skied it since. This video is a description of the first ever snowboard descent in May 2013.
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