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Not far from the busy resort of Verbier are some excellent valleys for ski touring. I was once again tagging along for some aspirant guide training, this time with Richard and his guest James. We headed up to the comfortable Brunet refuge, a good 1000m skin from the...
read moreI’ve been using this for: One Month Where?: Skiing and Ski Touring in the Alps Official website: Mens Top - Damart Website – Ladies Top - Damart Website These thermals are on the warmer end of the scale –15 to –5 degrees. We got sent the men’s and ladies version,...
read moreIf your heading out sea cliff climbing this spring it's worth being a little careful after the winter storms. Many crags have been affected, with several belay ledges washed away and access paths being affected as well. Here's a link to a good BMC article highlighting...
read moreI’ve been using this for: Two Months Where?: Ski touring in the Alps Official website: http://www.quiverkiller.com/ Quiver killers are binding inserts, meaning you can swap one pair of bindings from ski to ski without re-drilling or damaging the skis. The skis have...
read moreIn Chamonix many of the roads and streets are named after famous mountaineers and guides. I live on avenue Ravenel La Rouge a Chamonix guide who made many first ascents in the Mont Blanc region including the classic high level route from Chamonix to Zermatt. This...
read moreI first visited the Italian Dolomites with my friend Ed in 2003. We were on a typical rock climbing trip - living cheaply, camping out and hitching lifts to the mountains. Ever since that trip I've wanted to go back, the climbing and mountains are spectacular. Over...
read moreBlue skies and more fresh tracks in powder above Chamonix, yawn... Took the new SkiTrab Volare's out for the first time today. I hadn't quite sorted out a proper set of skins for them but the temptation to use them was far too strong. My old skins were fine for a...
read moreWe had some fresh snow overnight here in Chamonix, so today we had the usual dilemma of where to ski. Trying to avoid the crowds, get some fresh tracks and hopefully ski some steeper terrain were our criteria for the day. In the end we decided on a Brevant morning,...
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