The Jungfraujoch railway, tunneling its route through the heart of the Eiger, is both a wonder of early 20th century Swiss engineering and a remarkable springboard into ski mountaineering in […]
There are many high level ski routes in the Alps, but Chamonix to Zermatt is really THE Haute Route and many thanks to our great guide Lou Reynolds for her […]
After a rather dry start to the Chamonix ski touring season the snow volume is now much improved above 2000m and the conditions were near perfect for our ski mountaineering […]
Our Ski Vallée Blanche team had a fine run down the classic route yesterday and benefited from a little new snow and some fresh tracks in places before finding an […]
The ‘Grand Beau’ and ‘Grand Froid’ conditions continue around the Mont Blanc Massif and much of the Northern Alps giving some stellar snow, very nice skiing in places and plenty […]
Despite a good snowy start to the ski season around the Mont Blanc Massif, a succession of late December and early January warm and wet storms pretty much trashed the […]
Antares WI 4, Valsavarenche 🇮🇹 Whilst the early season ice conditions are pretty decent over in Cogne, as it was a busy weekend due to the Ice opening festival there, […]
For so early in the season – there has been plenty of ski activity from the Skyway Monte Bianco lift with lots of early bird enthusiasts putting in tracks on […]
Whilst memorable and highly rewarding, our autumn Mont Blanc courses are often somewhat arduous affairs and this trip was no exception. The mountain was calm & quiet with no other […]
Yes, it was raining hard in the northern Alps…but no excuse is required to visit the remarkable Verdon where the fragrant magic of Provence meets the wild & inspiring limestone […]
The comment from friend and fellow mountain guide Jonny Baird when he heard we were going in to the Oberaletsch – Aletschhorn arena was ‘great area but everything is miles‘. […]
Before climbing The Aiguille Verte we are alpinists, afterwards we become mountaineers… Gaston Rebuffat For Chris’ 50th birthday, we climbed the Aiguille Verte, 10 years on, he’s back, going strong, […]
In mountaineering, sport, and life in general, it’s pretty satisfying when the training all comes together and delivers that gold medal winning performance. Thanks to several years in the making […]
The combination of a poor winter and spring with low snowfall, and then a very dry and hot start to the summer, is giving some of the worst summer alpine […]
The Col des Annes is not only a great spot in to enjoy the Savoyard summer alpine meadow ambiance it’s also a launching pad for adventures further in to this […]
Plenty of teams headed up to enjoy the sun kissed beautiful rock on the South Face of the Brevent today. It was a nice temperature to climb although cloud and […]
The heatwaves through much of June finally gave way to more unsettled, showery and cooler weather and our Gran Paradiso, Weissmies and Mont Blanc teams have been making the most […]
To make the most of our 2 day climbing expedition to the Italian side of the Mont Blanc Massif – and to add some more technical interest to our hut […]
Dark and wet, infact properly chucking it down. We couldn’t help wondering if we were keen or just mad this morning on leaving the Arve Valley. We were heading north […]
OK, we exaggerate more than a bit with the Himalayan title joke, but the scale of some of these couloirs and features in the ‘middle mountains’ is impressive. Whilst folk […]
