Spring snowshoeing
Our snowshoeing programme is still very busy for the next few days, then it gets very quiet, so it’s nearly time to hang up the snowshoes for another year. This […]
Category Archives: Snowshoeing
Snowshoeing course
Last week was the penultimate Chamonix Snowshoeing Course of the season, and the weather was fairly kind to us. Here is a summit photo from a peak in the Swiss […]
Cham snowshoe week
Yesterday our Chamonix Snowshoeing week group finished their course, and they had a great week of achievements to boast about. Over the week they ascended to the Refuge de Loriaz, […]
Top Alpine conditions
The conditions in the Alps are amazing at the moment, for ice climbing, skiing, mountaineering, and snowshoeing. This week we have two groups out for different levels of ice climbing […]
Avalanche safety days
Chamonix has already seen two avalanche fatalities in the Le Tour ski area this winter. It seems that in both cases the skiers were not equipped with ARVA’s (avalanche safety […]
Snowshoe guiding
The holiday season is seeing lots of skiing and ice climbing guiding as usual, but also plenty of clients wanting snowshoe guiding too. This is no surprise over the Christmas […]
Winter season is go!
Our winter season in the Alps is already underway, and the early conditions are good. Here is a photo from this weeks Winter Intro Ice & Alpine course, of one […]
April snowshoeing…
It’s nearly the end of April, and we’re still snowshoeing. Here is one of our snowshoe guides in front of the Drus, in a photo taken yesterday. The Chamonix valley […]
Still snowshoeing…
I know it’s April, but it’s not time to hang up your snowshoes for the season yet! This photo was taken yesterday in the Berard valley whilst leading a group […]
Cham snowshoe trails
Chamonix has finally installed its first dedicated snowshoe trail for beginners close to Les Houches. This is a clear sign of the acceptance of the huge growth in the market […]
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