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LATEST ARTICLES ( 40 )

• Great Conditions For Motivated Skiers (week 19 & 20)

  

  Steph waist deep in the powder on Aig. du Midi, 16 of May! May Skiing Off Aiguille du Midi Until the 16th of may snow kept falling above 2000m every afternoon i... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2010 OUTDOORS, SNOW

• Off-piste Powder Skiing In May (week 18)

  

  Whitest time of the year in the high mountains. Nobody is planning their weekly off-piste skiing holiday to Chamonix in May… but in fact, powder skiing is now a... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2010 OUTDOORS, SNOW

• End Of Season Ski Touring In Chamonix

  

  Powder to flowers ski touring, Apr 28. After the Easter holidays Chamonix gets quiet. The town is now all green and flowery, snow is settling on the high... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2010 OUTDOORS, SNOW

• How To Learn Alpine Climbing

  

  Rock-spire obstacle on an alpine ridge.What is alpine climbing all about and how do you attack and proceed in this activity? Climbing peaks and routes in the... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2010 OUTDOORS, SNOW

• Ski Touring Above The Arctic Circle

  

  Lyngen Alps, NorwayVaried ski touring terrain in a beautiful settingEvery year in April Mountain Spirit Guides spend a few weeks ski touring in the Lyngen Alps... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2010 OUTDOORS, SNOW

• Easter Powder Skiing – Steep & Deep! (week 13)

  

  Tine charging down Grand Envers, Aiguille du Midi.Anyone offended by face shot photos and utterly fed up with hearing about the absolut amazing powder skiing... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2010 OUTDOORS, SNOW

• Spring Conditions In Chamonix (week 11 & 12)

  

  Ski touring in the Periades with Vallee Blanche behind.Spring definitively established itself in Chamonix during week 11. The snow on mountain south faces got... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2010 OUTDOORS, SNOW

• How Hard Is It To Climb Mt Blanc?

  

  Mont Blanc, Les Aiguilles Rouges in the foregroundWe often get the following question before people book a guided Mont Blanc ascent with us: - How hard is it?... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2010 OUTDOORS, SNOW

• Ski Tours in Les Aiguilles Rouges

  

  Classic ski tours from Flegère traversing over Aiguilles Rouges to BuetThis week we are featuring some popular ski tours in Les Aiguilles Rouges in Chamonix –... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2010 OUTDOORS, SNOW

• Biggest Storm of The Winter! (week 7 & 8)

  

  Skiing off Croix des PrelayesAs usual there has been a great deal of good off-piste skiing in Chamonix the last 2 weeks. After a long time of cold temperatures... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2010 OUTDOORS, SNOW

• Epic Powder Conditions Around Chamonix (week 5 & 6)

  

  Deep powder skiing in CourmayeurKicking off February with a massive dump on both sides of the Mt Blanc mountain range – we got epic conditions for powder skiing! Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2010 OUTDOORS, SNOW

• Kask of Sweden – Our Goggles and Beanie Sponsor

  

  We would like to accknowledge and welcome our newest parter, Kask Of Sweden, having taken the role as our goggles and beanies sponsor. Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2010 OUTDOORS, SNOW

• Off-piste Skiing and Ski Touring (week 3 & 4)

  

  Hiking from Tete de Balme, Le Tour, ChamonixNo we didn’t stop skiing! In fact the skiing has been so good that there has not been much time to keep you updated... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2010 OUTDOORS, SNOW

• Classic Chamonix Off-piste Runs (week 1 & 2)

  

  These two first weeks of 2010 we have had so much great off-piste skiing in Chamonix. It is a lovely, quite time in Chamonix; not very busy in the mountains,... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2010 OUTDOORS, SNOW

• An Introduction to Avalanches

  

  Avalanche awareness for off-piste skiers At the moment, most ski areas around the Chamonix Valley are in a state of considerable to high avalanche risk. Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2010 OUTDOORS, SNOW

• Christmas Skiing in Chamonix and St Anton (week 52)

  

  In ski resorts all over the Alps, the amount of snow was increasing during the Christmas week. It was great powder skiing some days and warm and windy other... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2009 OUTDOORS, SNOW

• Preseason Powder Skiing in Chamonix (week 51)

  

  First out of the Chamonix ski systems to open up was Grands Montets on Saturday the 5th of December. Thanks to the fist heavy snowfall in Chamonix the days... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2009 OUTDOORS, SNOW

• Winter Rock Climbing in Finale Ligure (week 50)

  

  Climbing Siddharta 7a+ in SilenzioThis year the ski season has started a bit later in the Alps then last year. While waiting for the off-piste sharks to get... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2009 OUTDOORS, SNOW

• Rock Climbing Trip Riglos & Rodellar (week 43-45)

  

  Starting out from Barcelona (cheap flights and cheap car rental) there are many world famous climbing areas to visit within 3h drive; Siurana, Margalef,... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2009 OUTDOORS, SNOW, TRAVEL, TREK

• Sardinia Rock Climbing Trip (week 40-41)

  

  Another climbing trip to one of our favorite destinations – Sardinia! This time we (Eva and Wolfgang) make a little round trip to check out the climbing,... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2009 OUTDOORS, SNOW, TRAVEL, TREK