Chamonix 2013

With Nicole's depature set for an ungodly hour on Friday morning, and poor weather forecast for Thursday and beyond, it was becoming quite apparent...

Our road trip to La Grave was becoming a success defined by its failures. In this most wild of locations it's a fantastic place for...

Today was a special one. In fact, I think this was probably the best skiing I've done in Cham in 4 trips over about 10...

For our last day in La Grave we wanted to descend one of the big 'frontside' runs that make their way down to the...

After a well-earned day off it was time to ski again. Low cloud in the valley but some visibility up top, plus some recent new...

After yesterday's epic on the Rectiligne we were keen for more high alpine fun. The weather forecast was for clear skies but warming temps...

My first few days in Chamonix have been somewhat monochromatic. The first two days were basic piste skiing which isn't worth writing about but...

As Jerome had a long standing booking for the weekend we decided to pop over to Verbier to visit some friends and have a...

After a flurry of initial activity that yielded some great skiing our legs began to tire and the weather turned again, so on Tuesday...

After yesterday's epic on the Vallee Blanche and Grands Montets, the forecast was ordinary and we had low expectations. Because Phil and Jack don't...