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Mountain Tracks
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A diary of what we've been up to
- Added on: Apr 19th, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: chris
- Listed in: Snow Sports Adventure
- Tags: mountaineering the alps ski touring off-piste skiing avalanche training glacier trekking
Recent Posts
A sigh of relief
What a contrast in just 12hrs, yesterday I was out walking in Chamonix in mild late autumnal weather with a strong southerly wind called the fhone blowing. This morning I awoke to 10cm of beautiful fresh snow outside, the first real snow of the winte...
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Olly climbing L'oeil du Faucon a classic 3 star 7a at Saut de l'OursOlly on the technical headwall of Mac Hulotte 7c at La LivreBen Hargreavse cruising Les Arche at les Arche A busy crag in the Ariege !!Have had a great winter break climbing in the A...
Steep Skiing Clinics with Rémy Lécluse
NEW for 2010: Two 'steep skiing' Clinics in Chamonix with UIAGM Mountain guide and steep skiing specialist, Rémy Lécluse. The course is 5 days with 2 days of technical skills/preparation followed by 3 days of steep skiing - the itineraries and rout...
Curry Powder Skiing Gulmarg...2011 dates published
Gulmarg is currently one of the hottest ski tickets around - the combination of fantastic powder skiing and the unique culture of India is a winning formula!Our 2010 weeks are now almost fully subscribed and with the main hotels in the resort fully b...
The chosen ones
Even before I had set a foot into the vast exhibition hall of Olympia and the ski show, I had spent weeks thinking about and researching what new skis to buy for this season. Spending 5 days at the ski show on our stand there also gave me time to loo...
Zinal...home of the best off-piste in the Alps?
Over the past 30 (or so) years Nick has been fortunate enough to ski many of the Alps' best off-piste ski areas - Chamonix, St Anton, Andermatt, Alagna, La Grave, Ste Foy. It's a long list...and if you ask him for his top 5 or top 10 he'll tell you t...
