Avi Experience,Tignes France (March 2005)

It was 2.30pm,when lil punk and i decided to head to this unnamed couloir on the east of rochers de la peitite blame. We toke the les lanches chair from val claret and once at the top we skied down the cairn piste to the big rock,then traverised across the long flat section above the cliffs to the top of the couloir. after traverseing across the flats for about 5 mis we finaly reached the the top of the line. after some descushing i decided i would drop in first,the snow in the couloir was boilrplate on about three inches of fresh snow,so every turn i made the snow would slouth exposing the boilerplate underneath. After about 8 mins of turning,side sliping i finely reached the exit of the couloir,where i traversed to the right to wait for lil punk. 8 or 10 mins later were both standing there descushing,if we should ski straight down the fall line or travese right under the toe of the cliff as we never seen any obvious signs that the slope would slide,so 30 secs later,i was like fuck it,i`m going right and traverse under the cliff where the snow looks better. So i started to traverse above a small rock,where i paused for about 2 secs to have a look at the slope i was about to ski. 1 sec later the radio crackles,5 4 3 2 1 droping. I pushed off,one turn,two turns. i notised the snow has went from boilerplate to chockie powee. i was like fuck,this is not good,them it happened the whole slope i was skiing slide. The fracture was about 1ft above me and maybe about 25ft wide (i think). the slide started of slow,then started picking up some speed as it hit the steeper part of the slope,them every thing whent white for,what felt like a long time. I got buried under the snow,lost my left ski as i was geting takeing down,then managed to get back to the surface of the slide agine. When the avi finaly stoped i ripped my gloves of and cleared the snow from my nose and the back of my throat. By the time lil punk got to me i allready bug my partially buried right leg out and had all my shit together. On the way out the ski patrol turned up and ask some questions to make sure i was ok.