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By Sam Collentine, Meteorologist Posted 9 years ago February 4, 2015

VIDEO: The Ice Line - La Grave, France

In 2001 Doug Coombs and legendary local Ptor Spricenieks were some of the first people to ski the “Ice Line” in La Grave, France. Now thirteen years later, inspired by their heroes, Johnny Collinson, Ian McIntosh, & their guide Joey Vallone look to repeat this rarely skied descent.

"Yeah, it's a gnarly line. There's a reason people don't do it all the time." -Ian McIntosh

NOTE: Sorry about the embed! Go to full screen in the bottom right of the video for the best view.

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Sam Collentine

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Sam Collentine is the Chief Operating Officer of OpenSnow and lives in Basalt, Colorado. Before joining OpenSnow, he studied Atmospheric Science at the University of Colorado, spent time at Channel 7 News in Denver, and at the National Weather Service in Boulder.

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