Summer at Lac Blanc
We took this photo yesterday at Lac Blanc in the Aiguilles Rouges. The old winter refuge is still half buried in snow, and believe it of not, the lake itself […]
Author Archives: Kingsley Jones
Chamonix Interseason
It has been one of the wettest May’s on record in the Alps, with landslides in northern Italy, and in Chamonix we have seen flooding and storm damage. Part of […]
Vallée Blanche over!
Just to keep you updated that the Vallée Blanche is effectively closed until next winter. The ridge from the Aiguille du Midi, as shown in the picture, is no longer […]
Ski Touring Update
The past month has been really busy with ski touring groups, ranging from the Haute Route to Gran Paradiso, and Silvretta to Monte Rosa, as well as the ever popular […]
Snowshoeing until May!
Above 2000m there is still a lot of snow, and we will be running our snowshoe courses and days into May this year, giving us an incredible seven month snowshoe […]
Paradiso Ski Tour
Last week we had two groups ski touring in the Gran Paradiso National Park, and this morning another group has just set off. Snow conditions on the West and North […]
Snowshoe to Mont Truc
Today the weather was clear, apart from a large lenticular cloud that hung over Mont Blanc. This bodes for worse weather tomorrow, so a snowshoeing group of ours took advantage […]
Vallée Blanche Powder!
Wow, Sunday was one of the best off piste days of the year. After several days of mixed weather, and another metre of fresh snow up high, it was time […]
Chamonix News
There have been lots of changes in the shops and bars of Chamonix recently. Mix Bar in Rue du Moulins opened at the beginning of Winter and is already popular. […]
Spring Conditions Report
With only three more weeks of this Winter Season left, the snow up high has been great from December onwards. We had our earliest ever Vallée Blanche ski descents, and […]
