End of season ski tour with great friend Sauze and hubby Alun Barrett. Glorious sunshine for the walk in the first day in the Gran Paradiso National Park, followed by much needed Prosecco at the Rifugio Benevelo! Much cooler the … Read on…
Just under 900m of ascent takes you through trees and over fabulous skiing terrain. We got to the Col in two and a half hours in glorious sunshine and then the clouds came in. Skiing untracked spring snow from the top in flat light was interesting. Two thirds of the was down the snow got heavy and stickier but by then we were in the trees again so visibility was not an issue. Great day off from the chalet! Read on…
Roundup of the last few days. Chamonix has been lucky with snowfall over the last couple of weeks and blessed with sunshine inbetween. Today we are just back from skiing the north facing domain of Grands Montets. The pistes were … Read on…
Day off Wednesday, so we headed out of teh valley with ski touring kit to head up the Petit Croise Baulet. Beautiful skin up through the woods from the road head above the Jaillet lift to the Col du Jaillet … Read on…
January 23rd – 25th a 3 day course in Chamonix to learn ski touring techniques Lead by an IFMGA Mountain Guide this course will cover: How to use skins, bindings and ski crampons effectively. How to interpret avalanche and … Read on…
Another glorious day so 5 of us ski toured from Grands Montets to Le Tour village over the Col de Passon. Starting from the top of Grands Montets and skiing down over the Argentiere glacier before climbing up to the … Read on…
A beautiful sunny day and a reservation for the Aiguille du Midi in hand. Strange how you can make an online reservation, print out the ticket but still have to wait 40 minutes to get on the lift. You have … Read on…
Fabulous weather so went up the Aiguille du Midi with ski touring kit and headed up to Helbronner. Caught up with the clients from the chalet who were with Rob Jarvis (Mountain Guide). They are on a Chamonix Off Piste … Read on…
Thursday day off at the chalet in Chamonix so we joined friends, Sauze and Patrick, for a ski tour from Les Contamines. Had a scoot around the pistes first then used the lift system to gain height. Only about 200m … Read on…
We are now in January and the slopes are quiet. Managed to get to La Flegere for an early lift up with the intention of ski touring over to Le Buet via the Col Crochues and Col de Berard. The … Read on…
