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I've just had a couple of great days around the Torino refuge in Italy. A few teams out and about climbing the classic mountaineering routes including the Marbrees, Aiguille d' Entreves, Tour Ronde. The north face of the Tour Ronde was getting climbed quite a bit as...
read moreI started my 2016 summer alpine season nice and early, with a five day visit from friend and client Andy. Andy came with a very open "lets se what the weather brings" attitude, but we were pretty keen to get up into the high mountains and give Andy some mixed climbing...
read moreAutumn is a great time to climb in the alps, quiet and cooler than the main summer season, it's perfect for ice and mixed climbs plus the classic mountaineering routes. We're running a couple of "open" trips as well as private guiding throughout the month of October...
read moreIt's the end of the season out here in the Alps. The lifts in Chamonix have been shutting this week, and today is the final day for the Grand Montet. Not that we're lacking in snow, and in fact as I write this there's a few inches of fresh snow right down to valley...
read moreAh well. You can't do much about the weather. After fine weather during the preceding week, and good weather and conditions for the first PDG race start it didn't quite work out for us. Misha, Ivor and I travelled over on the Friday to Zermatt, got our kit checked,...
read moreLast 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...
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Last minute places on our peak bagging trip to Italy:
Italian Monta Rosa Peaks Mountaineering Trip | Vertical Frontiers Mountain Guides
Gressoney and the Monta Rosa peaks offer some fantastic mountaineering amougst the high snowy peaks of the masif. This trip gives us some good time at high altitude ticking off various summits in the area.Long summer days in the mountains 😄 Sunrise on the Trient plateau on the summer solstise 2019. #chamonix #mountains
Mixed weather these past couple of weeks. But some good climbs done despite the tricky forecasts. Blog and photos from our June Mont Blanc trip on the website:
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Prime conditions on the Grand Paradiso. Full moon and well frozen snow after a clear night.
Six out of eight of our team to the top, and now ready for a Mont Blanc attempt over the next few days.
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With @claphamski and @expedition_wise
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Always satisfying to hear of our clients independant adventures after an alpine training course. Tom and Aoife on the summit of the Grand Paradiso.
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Leaving the Rifugio Torino in the morning light.
Mountain photography with Simon Winnall around #chamonix
Two places left on our Italian Monta Rosa trip in the first week of July.
Come and tick off a few 4000m peaks with us!
Details & booking here: buff.ly/2EDFzEF
