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Category Archives: Weather

Time to #BeAdventureSmart

June 16, 2020by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

With the UK mountain areas starting to open up, after the COVID-19 lockdowns, people are starting to venture back into the hills. Now, more than ever, the mountains are being […]

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Lake District, Training, Weather

Avalanche mapping

January 5, 2017by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

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 […]

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Alpine courses, Avalanche, Lake District, Weather

Early bird Alps 2017

September 13, 2016by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

Our last Alpine courses this summer finished at the weekend, and just in the nick of time, as the forecasts predict fresh snow to 2800m this week (link). As the […]

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Alpine courses, Mont Blanc, Weather

Monte Rosa summits

August 4, 2014by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

There’s been a huge amount of the snow in the Alps this summer season, which has been bad news for some mixed routes, though excellent for the glaciers and snow […]

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Alpine courses, Conditions report, Weather

Lakes Nav Weekends

March 7, 2014by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

Learning how to navigate in the mountains needn’t be dull. It gives you access to the remote areas, far away from the beaten track, and enables you to head out […]

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Lake District, Trekking, Weather, Windermere technical store

Summer season starts

June 12, 2013by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

Our summer season has been underway for the last couple of weeks, and the amount of snow in the Alps is incredible. Above is a photo of the Plan d’Aiguille […]

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Alpine courses, Conditions report, Weather

How to escape foehn

January 20, 2013by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

Yesterday saw strong foehn winds blasting into Chamonix valley, and we saw many skiers waiting at lift stations, for cable cars that couldn’t ever open in those conditions. Several people […]

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Chamonix news, Conditions report, Weather

Winter availability

January 4, 2013by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

There’s a anti-cyclone sitting over the Alps at present, which brings with it settled weather, and cool temperatures. The photo above of the West Face of Les Drus, was taken […]

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Alpine courses, Conditions report, Weather

Chamonix snowfalls

November 28, 2012by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

Here’s the view of the Aiguille du Midi cable car station in Chamonix this morning. There’s been a light snowfall in town, but no significant depth of snow is in […]

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Chamonix news, Weather

Perfect Mont Blanc

September 8, 2012by Kingsley Jones Leave a comment

Here are Nikki and S-J celebrating on the summit of Mont Blanc yesterday. The guides reported the conditions as perfect for the Gouter route, with no rockfall, and good tracks […]

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Conditions report, Mont Blanc, Weather

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