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1st February 2012 - Italian powder with Katy from The Ski Club of Great Britain & the Freshtracks group on the Toule glacier this morning & superb powder in the afternoon at Courmayeur.
24th January 2012 - Great couple of days off piste in awesome snow in Chamonix with Mikolaj & David.
January 2012 - Just returned to Chamonix from 3 months! in Antarctica - fantastic trip making first ascents and first ski descents in the Heritage range of the Ellsworth mountains - plenty more to do - get in touch and join me there next year.
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5th August 2011 - Still snowy in the mountains despite the recent warm weather - at least it feels like summer now.
25th June 2011 - Winter is over and summer has begun - however we've had more snow this June than in April. Unpredictable weather, but we've managed to top out on Mt Blanc 4 times this month.
15th February 2011 - It's snowing, we had almost forgotton what it was like. Ski touring today in Italy for some quiet tree skiing.
1st February 2011 - It may not have snowed for a while, but that's not stopped us having fun. A bit of booting found some great snow and some opportunity to improve steep skiing techniques today at Courmayeur.
17th January 2011 - Down in La Grave with Lluis, the 2 Joes, Nasi and fellow guide Miles Smart - skiing the grippy snow in the steep, shady couloirs and enjoying some freshtracks spring snow in the sun on the descent to St Christophe today.
1st January 2011 - Happy New Year, want to ski, board or climb in 2011? - contact us
31st December - Enjoying some pre New Year powder turns backcountry at Les Marecottes, Switzerland.
2nd December - Topping out on the summit of Mt Vinson 4892m, Antarctica. Preparing the route ahead of the 2010/11 season with fellow BMG/IFMGA Guide Rob Jarvis. Stunning 360deg view with the majestic Sentinels of Mts Shinn, Tyree, Epperly and Gardner dominating the vista. Minus 35ºC temperature but only light winds made it a perfect summit day.
10th October - Just finalising arrangements for this years expedition to Mt Vinson, the highest peak in Antarctica - a must for anyone wanting to climb the highest summit on each of the 7 continents or for anyone wanting to experience mountaineering in this amazing environment and see views like this from the top - click here for more info or contact us if you're interested in joining us in 2011/2012
28th September - Wow! It's the end of another busy Summer - thanks to everyone who climbed with us and made it so enjoyable - see you again next Summer (or this Winter - start thinking about booking soon, as many of our weeks are already full). Finale on the Cosmiques Arête today with a big team fiinishing off our final Mt Blanc week of the season - click here to see slideshow
18th September - Some photos from this week - click here to see slideshow
24th August - Some photos of Keith on the Matterhorn - click here to see slideshow
22nd August - What a busy summer - will have to have a catch up and put some photos on our gallery - just been doing some Matterhorn prep with Keith - click here to see slideshow
22nd April - What a fantastic winter season, just returned from a Chamonix to Zermatt Haute Route with Andy & Geoff to flight chaos and some enforced time off. The snow at altitude is great and we're looking forward to a couple of weeks of Mt Blanc ascents and steep skiing before winding down the bindings and waxing the skis for the last time. We've been keeping you up to date via twitter this year - hope it's been useful as to where we've been and where the snow was good. Summer season is looking pretty full up at the moment, so if you want any dates then get in contact very soon. Also got dates and prices up on the site for Mt Vinson, Antarctica expedition 2010/2011
13th February - With John and Fiona at Les Contamines and more fresh snow today with a little bit of touring to access it - click here to see slideshow
12th February - Awesome fresh snow today with John and Fiona as we toured from Brevent to the Aiguillette des Houches and descended down the Combe de Vogealle - click here to see slideshow
8th February - Out and about in La Clusaz with Martin and Tony searching for some fresh tracks and we found them! - click here to see some photos
6th February - Massive snow and more fresh tracks on the Toula Glacier with Amy and Nick - click here to see more photos - I had a decent camera with me this time!
31st January - Fresh snow and fresh tracks on the Toula Glacier with Lia, Peter and Stephen - click here to see more photos - apologies for the poor res but the snow was very good.
27th January - Beautiful day on the Vallée Blanche with Woody & Christine - click here to see more photos.
23rd January - Having got massive first tracks down the Vallée Blanche on Thursday this week, there was still great snow to be enjoyed today by Greg & Rita.
20th January - Don't know where the winter is going to, we're already in 2010 (Happy New Year) and we've been very busy. Also judging by the twitter feed (click on link at the top for daily updates) the snow (if not the visibility) has so far been excellent. Having a great week this week with blue skies and powder snow with Ken, Sam, Paul, Duncan, Alan, Matt and John on a Ski Club Freshtracks week. It's snowing tonight in Chamonix, so looking forward to another great powder day tomorrow.
21st November - KMF 2009 was fantastic this year despite the rain and flooding which affected most of Cumbria. With a great line-up of films, lectures and a slamming Saturday Night Party, with me making a cameo appearance on the wheels of steel. Cheers to fellow Dj's Stu "The Farmer" Millar and Matt Sharman and also to everyone who worked at and visited the Festival over the weekend. Finally thanks to Henry for the photo www.henryiddon.com. If you missed it this year-see you next year.
15th November - I've left the snow behind in Chamonix- there has been quite a few people out and about getting some early doors touring on their skis. However, I'm in the UK, on my way to the Kendal Mountain Festival, THE Tribal Gathering of the year for mountain enthusiasts and it's kicking off in less than 3 days. I'll be there heading up the presenting team with my colleague and fellow mountain guide Andy Perkins. There's a superb line-up of films, lectures, literary events etc - that it will be difficult to see everything - check out my twitter for some of my recommendations of what to look out for. If you see me there, come and say hello.
31st October - Happy Halloween - been out in the mountains the last couple of days with some of the Keswick Mountain Rescue Team. They are here in Chamonix on a training event. We had a great day ice climbing on the Mer de Glace on Saturday - click here to see photos - and the traverse of the Aiguille d'Entrêves today - click here to see photos.
18th October - First snow of the winter arrived today. I've been busy updating the website and dusting off my skis ready for another season. If you're interested in hitting the slopes then do get in touch as bookings are currently being confirmed.
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