Avalanche risk 5
Chamonix ski area is in complete lockdown this weekend, with avalanche risk 5/5, the highest level. Many chalets were evacuated (link), some roads were closed (link), and people advised to […]
Category Archives: Avalanche
Haute Route report!
We have two groups already out on the Haute Route ski tour from Chamonix to Zermatt, and currently there’s perfect weather and high pressure across the Alps. Here’s a conditions […]
Avalanche mapping
After the major Alpine snowfalls in November, it’s been an exceptionally dry December and start to 2017 in the Alps, and currently there’s poor snow cover and quite a low […]
After the storm
The hashtags have told the story of the last week in the Alps; #snowmageddon, #pukingpow, #powderalert, and it’s been much needed and appreciated, but now the snowstorms have moved onwards, […]
FREE guiding
Free guiding? Yes, I thought that would get your attention. This winter we are offering 1 hour of completely free guiding for anyone buying an avalanche transceiver from our Windermere […]
Ortovox 3+ review
We’ve stocked the Ortovox 3+ in our Windermere shop for a couple of years now, and here’s the reasons why we selected it. This model is a 3 antenna digital […]
Italy Av Weekend
Got any plans for this weekend? On this Saturday and Sunday (1&2 February 2014) we are running a two day Avalanche Awareness Training Weekend in Courmayeur in Italy. This is […]
Avalanche forecast
With some snow on the forecast in the northern Alps over the next few days, everyone is keeping a close eye on the avalanche forecast. Today in Chamonix, for the […]
CPD avalanche day
You probably haven’t given it a moments thought, but all guides and leaders follow a strict regime of Continuous Professional Development (CPD). Yesterday four UIMLA leaders who have worked for […]
FREE avalanche app
It’s not often that we blog about a phone app, but the Swiss Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF have released an avalanche forecast app called ‘White Risk’. It […]
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