NEW – Tour du Mont Blanc
Re-inventing the wheel can’t be easy, but it’s been done with this new guidebook about the legendary Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB), recently released by Vertebrate Publishing. So why is […]
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Alpine Ice
Great photo just in from Fred last week (see above), of Rob ice climbing the Antares cascade in the Italian Val d’Aoste. This year the Alpine ice season started slightly […]
Tor des Geants
I don’t often write blog posts about personal mountain challenges, but so many of you asked for details, and sent messages of support, so here it is; my brief race […]
Running from crowds
It may be August in the Alps, and many towns like Chamonix, Zermatt and Courmayeur are renowned for being a busy tourist hotspots, but there’s a great way to escape […]
Courmayeur off piste
Yet again Courmayeur has come up trumps for providing the best off piste skiing in the Mont Blanc massif this season. Not only has the skiing been great, but the […]
Winter Alpine Intro
Last week our Winter Alpine Intro course enjoyed a mixture of mountaineering and ice climbing in Chamonix and Courmayeur. There was plenty of fresh snow, and some days of high […]
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 […]
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