An Epic Week with the Fearless Ski Patrollers of Chamonix

The trip was put on by Helly Hansen, who outfit the SDMB ski patrol, featuring media guests from the U.K., Scandinavia, and North America, some HH staff, and pro skiers. I ended up being one of two snowboarders in the entire crew, and clocked some concerned looks as we loaded into the gondola on day one. But the two decades I’ve spent snowboarding, including 10 years of riding professionally, proved enough that I could keep up. The couple of turns I carved during the first run were enough to put everyone at ease,

Weather is a dice roll on short trips, but the gods smiled on the Alps during our four day-trip. We were gifted a day of white-out blizzard followed by three days of bluebird sunshine, which proved no issue for the items in the FW25 HELLY TECH outerwear collection we got to test all week.

It certainly helped us look the part of SDMB VIPs. These French cats are certainly very accomplished skiers, but being a patroller is their identity. They’ve dedicated their lives to the mountain, spending nearly every day in the high alpine.

Source: https://www.fieldmag.com/articles/chamonix-ski-patroller-photo-essay