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Last 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 moreDecisions, decisions. Where to go? And where to stay? Even before the week's tour began I was racking my brain and re-checking the weather forecast every few hours in the hope it had changed again. It was chucking down with snow and turning our intended Western...
read moreQuiet, trees and powder - such a perfect combination at Combloux and plenty of low angled slopes for when the avalanche forecast is...
read moreLast time I saw Niall we were summer mountaineering, so it was quite a contrast to be out ski touring with him, brother Stewart and their friend Neil. When we met up my legs were still aching from the European Championship race from the day before. But with a second...
read morePerfect weather, and great conditions on the classic Valley Blanche this...
read moreBashing around Le Tour with the boarders today.
Frozen hard in the morning, perfect at lunchtime then soggy and rubbish by mid afternoon.
Spring skiing in February 🙄
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First time skiing in #Courmayeur this season.
The snow was good.
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Planning ahead: dates for our 2020 Elbrus ski mountaineering expedition now online: Nine days of ski mountaineering on Europe's highest summit.
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Back home after a pretty fantastic six day hut to hut ski tour in the southern alps.
Blue skies, powder and plenty of safe fresh tracks. Lots of opportunity to “earn your turns” - we clocked around 7000m of ascent over the week, despite some bad weather at the start.
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After a couple of stormy days the weather has come good again.
Great hut to hut ski touring conditions in the southern alps.
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Heads down into the wind...
In the southern French alps for a weeks hut to hut ski tour.
Weather definitely sub par today, but we had a good adventure looping up one valley, over the col and down to the hut.
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