Time to #BeAdventureSmart
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 […]
Category Archives: Weather
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 […]
Early bird Alps 2017
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 […]
Monte Rosa summits
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 […]
Lakes Nav Weekends
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 […]
Summer season starts
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 […]
How to escape foehn
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 […]
Winter availability
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 […]
Chamonix snowfalls
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 […]
Perfect Mont Blanc
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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