11 August 2021, Ex-Libris, Brilliant Chamonix Trad Rock Climbing
Maybe it was the appealing light grey colour of the rock or perhaps the brilliant sustained pitches of trad climbing, or maybe it was climbing with Fort William guide Kenny […]
Maybe it was the appealing light grey colour of the rock or perhaps the brilliant sustained pitches of trad climbing, or maybe it was climbing with Fort William guide Kenny […]
Good news for UK based guests thinking of travelling out to do some mountaineering in Chamonix….Due to the UK government recent announcement there is very soon to be no quarantine […]
Route: La Piste Oubliée, Brevent East Face, Chamonix Rock Climbing Grade & Length, 200m, 5 pitches, 6a+, 6a, 6a=, 6b, 6a Equipment: Bolted runners and belays, a rack not necessary […]
Acqua Concert is an excellent 370m 6a rock climb on the Aiguille du Van, 2572m above the Emosson Dam just across the Swiss border at the NE end of the […]
Despite yesterday’s downpours and 5-10cms of fresh snow in the high mountains, this morning was a perfect mid summer alpine dawn with near perfect snow conditions along the beautiful high […]
22 July 2021, Traverse of Les Perrons & Snowy Matterhorn Condtions The great summer weather continues, for another couple of days with the forecast for more mixed and stormy weather […]
6 July 2021, Sylvie Phobie, Barberine & Too Windy on Mont Blanc Kev and Mark climbed from Tete Rousse to Gouter Hut in crampons all the way with a liberal […]
The Emosson Dam café has some of the best roadside views going of the Chamonix North Face club. The traverse of the barrage marks the start of another adventure on […]
The parking above the Lac de Moiry is not your average car park. For a start it’s already over 2350m and those unacclimatised may notice a slight shortness of breath […]
There is something really special about a pre-dawn alpine start, and a couple of hours using headtorches on what is very nearly the longest day of the year, meant that […]
Whilst summer weather and temperatures have finally arrived in the Alps, early season snow volume on the glaciers around the Mont Blanc Massif & Northern Alps in general, remains excellent, […]
Whilst there are plenty of climbers and skiers heading up the Aiguille du Midi, there are unsurprisingly not many tourists and the big Grepon car park felt deserted for early […]
It felt pretty special to be back up the Aiguille du Midi and into the Chamonix alpine again. It’s over 7 months since the Midi was last open and it […]
The South East Couloir of the Col de la Forclaz is well know to most ski tourers travelling up and down the Arve Valley on the motorway. It’s an impressively […]
The impressive series of North West Facing combs above Les Confins, La Clusaz, on the South side of Pointe Percée are at the heart of the massif des Aravis and […]
Last weekends snowfall produced some great snow conditions around the Mont Blanc Massif and there was still some lovely powder on shady aspects above 1bout 1850m at the Grands Montets […]
Having climbed on the sunny rock climbing crag at Servoz many times over the years, it’s only recently I’ve noticed a slightly less conventional form of climbing going on over […]
The very good stable late winter weather continues in the Northern Alps and many teams have clearly enjoyed the ascent of the Aravis Mixed classic ‘Aravicimes’ above La Clusaz over […]
Whilst it was tempting to continue skinning up through the Grands Montets this morning to ski some of the acres of great powder going spare, our heavy bags suggested otherwise. […]
26 January 2021, Mint Ski Touring Conditions On The Croise Baulet, Aravis Lots of teams had noticed that today was THE day of the week, and what a day. Snow […]