Nicole Hiking

Backcountry Adventures in HD

I finally got the chance to work on some of the videos from our trip to France - the anaemic netbook I took away...
At the bar

TR: Days 20-21 – Road Trip – Monte Rosa

With the foehn still persisting in Chamonix we had another enforced day off after our adventure to Trient. Winds & Clouds meant that most...
Crampons on, Roped Up

TR: Chamonix Day 18 – Le Tour – Trient Ski Tour

So while the first couple of weeks blessed us with clear skies, mild temperatures, low winds and a couple of snowfalls, our third week...
Glacier de Toule

TR: Chamonix Day 17 – Glacier de Toule & Courmayeur

After a well-earned day off it was time to ski. While there had been a terrible foehn blowing in Chamonix, on the other side...

TR: Chamonix Day 15 – Les Contamines Ski Tour Fail

With poor weather on the horizon and the end to the bluebird skies we had been enjoying, we were attempting to squeeze out one...

TR: Chamonix Day 14 – Couloir Marbrées

We had originally wanted to ski this couloir the day before, but there was a chilly northerly breeze that Jerome was afraid would prevent...
Chamonix

TR: Chamonix Day 13 – Ski Touring in Les Aiguilles Rouges

We were pretty exhausted after our road trip, but with a couple of days of sunshine forecast to be followed by some poor weather...

TR: Day 12 – Road Trip – Les Deux Alpes Couloir Rama

We woke in La Grave to the impressive Meije towering above us, it was great to see it from our hotel bed. But alas the...
Nicole Hiking

TR: Days 10-11 – Road Trip – Abries

After our fantastic experience touring in the powder above Dormillouse Jerome spoke to some locals who suggested that the conditions were best in the...
Joy

TR: Days 7-9 – Road Trip – Dormillouse

Having farmed much of the pow in the Chamonix area, word came through that the south, and also the areas near the border of...