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Last year I guided Pete and his friend up Mont Blanc on skis, and this year Pete got in touch as he was keen for another short two day adventure. We kept an eye on the weather and hatched various plans, including a fast Haute Route and a traditional "purists Haute...
read moreOur original plan was to head to Zermatt for a week of 4000m peak bagging along the Swiss/Italian frontier ridge. The terrain along there is pretty complicated however and the weather forecast we had wasn't looking too helpful with strong winds forecast all week and...
read moreWell that was a bit of a learning curve. My first multi day stage race was going to be the classic Tour du Rutor. In it's 18th edition, it's a team event where you race together over the three days. The ski mountaineering races are pretty amazing events, taking a...
read moreIt was mid day when I found myself at work again, skinning of course, and my favourite type of day, which means classic from the car ski touring. We travelled up a well beaten cross country ski track, and into the valley above before I realised I'd been here several...
read moreLast week we had good friends Nick and Pa to stay here in Chamonix. I had just two days off work whilst they were here, Nick was keen for an "adventure" and was keen to tick off Mont Buet as that was one of the classic tours in the area he hadn't managed to do whilst...
read moreOne fifteen minute coffee stop and three five minute snack breaks were the total number of rest stops during the two thousand meter ascent of the Grand Paradiso this Monday. A steady pace, but lots of efficiency is the key to big days in the mountains. Doing the...
read moreA day off today, and a day off from skiing completely. Which is hard when the sun is shining and the snow is deep, but I'm warding off the man flu before more fun in the snow later this week. It's been an amazing few days here in the Chamonix valley. The snow has been...
read moreThere is something very satisfying about putting the skins on the skis at the roadside, and touring up into the mountains away from the resort. It's traditional, pure, or whatever you want to call it. You have to "earn your turns", find the way and plan the route for...
read moreWords and photos from one of my favorite ski touring areas - the Conscrits refuge:
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Last lift accessed ski tour of (my) season from Contamines yesterday.
Plenty of folk out enjoying the good conditions on the classics.
A weeks holiday away from the mountains now. Rest time before the @trofeomezzalama race at the end of the month.
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A big couple of days on the wild Miage glacier taking advantage of the great spring ski touring conditions.
Up Mont Tondu and then today over the Miage after a night in the Conscrits refuge. Which served a vegetarian meal to the whole hut last night, meaning it’s now my favourite refuge. 🌱
Over 3500m of ascent and some very good snow on the way down.
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Off the beaten track in the Aiguille Rouge today.
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Updated the Iran Ski Touring Photo Gallery today. Video on it's way.... #ski
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A few photos and a conditions update from Mont Blanc yesterday. Some hard ice, plenty of powder. #ski #chamonix
Ski Mont Blanc conditions – April 2019 | Vertical Frontiers Mountain Guides
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Ski Mont Blanc conditions – April 2019 Posted by Ben Bradford | Apr 10, 2019 | Alps, Ski Touring, Skiing | 0 | A big training outing with Jon and Carron yesterday on the Grand Mulet route on Mont Blanc. We started from the Plan d’Aiguille station on the Aiguille du Midi lift and turned around at...Well the express Haute Route didn’t exactly go to Plan. A meter of fresh snow at altitude put paid to that.
We headed south and spent a great couple of days around the Mont Thabor area. Nice hut, quiet and loads of good skiing. Despite the cloud.
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