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 […]

In typical Chamonix style – there were plenty of folk heading up the Aiguille du Midi this morning to make the most of the continuing good weather and relatively stable […]

In Cogne the sun has been shining and the ice has been building.  Whilst there is little snow left on the sunny slopes there is plenty of ice, and it’s […]

1000 years experience of hospitality from the monks at the Monastery ot the Grand St. Bernard pass…and it shows!  Thanks to the team for their welcome, hospitality and providing such […]

The fresh snow at the weekend was significant enough to take the avalanche category back up to ‘High’, 4/5 and there was lots of wind transportation of snow in the […]

There were head torches bobbling their way up towards the base of Lillaz Gully well before dawn this morning.   A keen early start on a -10C mid winters morning.  Although […]

Compared to a recent series of deep freeze mornings, it was relatively mild in Cogne this morning.  Ice has been steadily building in advance of the Cogne ice opening, and […]

This weekend started with a major storm event and finished with a major sun event – giving some quite brilliant early winter ski conditions around the Mont Blanc & Aravis […]