The late extreme skier Patrick Vallencant skiing the Grandes Jorasses.

The French extreme skier Patrick Vallencant (1946-1989) skiing the South Face of the Grandes Jorasses on the Italian side of the Massif of Mont Blanc in 1987. Vallencant was killed in a nonskiing related climbing accident in the South of France in 1989. In addition to numerous first descents throughout the world, Vallencant popularized his exploits in a series of films and created his own line of ski clothing, Degre 7.

Mountain Exposure: News and Views From the Backcountry: The French

Sayres Benchmark Stuck in the Rockies

Epic Steep skiing on the Grandes Jorasses' North Face – Alpine Mag

History's most influential steep skiers: The Pioneers

Patrik Vallencant

First Descenders and Freeriders: European and American Big

Grandes Jorasses -Colton Macintyre Ueli Steck Speed Record

Downplay- The Ups and Downs of First Descents, Ascent Magazine

Grandes Jorasses North Face – Polish Michto Variation – Ross Hewitt Guiding

Peru-Bolivia eAAJ 2000-2011 (rfs-copy) by John Harlin Media - DO

Patrik Vallencant

Extreme skiing, when falling is simply not an option

First Descenders and Freeriders: European and American Big

Classic Adventure

Go 11: Patrick Vallençant rediscovered