20 January 2021, Rive Gauche Ice Climbing, Glacier d’Argentière We have felt very lucky to enjoy 2 physical mid winter days ski touring, ice climbing and skiing powder at a […]
Various storm events over the Christmas holidays left the welcome present of thick blankets of fresh snow down to around 700m and covering much of the Aravis, Chablais and Mont […]
30 December 2020 – Great Snow For Ski Touring In The Aravis & Mont Blanc Massifs – Happy New Year! Plenty of recent snow down to below 500m at times […]
17 October 2020, Good Snowy Conditions Around The Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix Great weather and enjoyable snowy conditions saw plenty of teams enjoying both skiing and climbing around the Col […]
It has been an impressively snowy start to the autumn season in the Mont Blanc Massif and northern Alps in general with loads of precipitation and plenty of it falling […]
The big storm which swept the Alps at the end of last week and over the weekend had a massive impact on conditions in the mountains, especially in the Northern […]
Ok, If we said we climbed the Matterhorn by bike, it would be something of an exaggeration!…I don’t think even Scott could carry one of those outrageously heavy e. mountain […]
After the big early taste of autumn there has been a return to late summer conditions in the Alps and lots of teams have been out enjoying some high alpine […]
This weekend in stark contrast to the last one was characterised by Grand Beau temps – lovely sunny late summer weather yes, but still with some remaining snow from the […]
4 September, Pollux, Half Breithorn Traverse, Lyskamm Nose, Matterhorn Another really enjoyable alpine day up high thanks to the incredibly efficient and impressively expensive lift from Zermatt to Kleine Matterhorn…CHF104 […]
It felt like this action packed Chamonix 2 day introduction to alpine mountaineering started at the end of the summer and finished at the start of autumn. Thursday was hot, […]
It was good to be back at the Almageller Hut for the first time this season and to see the friendly and efficient team making the most of a difficult […]
Conditions for the time of year on the glaciers high above Zermatt and Cervinia are better than numerous recent years and it was a pleasure to make the half traverse […]
Another hot weekend in the Alps has meant it’s been warm weather even in the middle and high mountains and we have had several teams profiting from the sunny weather […]
As per the forecast, the weekend started with the continuation of last weeks heatwave and finished with some seriously wet and cool, almost autumnal weather. We were able to get […]
13 July 2020, Crakoukass, 6a, Brevent, Chamonix Lots of teams up at the Brevent and above Plan Praz today and Chamonix is getting a bit busier in general. Very […]
What a difference a day makes….yesterday morning at Le Tour it was spookily quiet and seriously driech. This morning, les grandes vacances had arrived, the lifts are open, the sun […]
Whilst Chamonix seemed very quiet, there were ‘lots of teams enjoying the quiet conditions’ around the Col du Midi and the generally warm and sunny weather before the storm rolled […]
The forecast good weather window for this morning never really materialised and, at setting off time from the Tete Rousse Hut on Mont Blanc, it was raining with plenty of […]
The upper Valsavarenche had a magical mid summers dawn this morning and, despite the early start, no head torch was required for the steep march up through the Larch forests […]
