TR: Chamonix 2013 – Day 9 – La Grave
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...
aussieskier adventures Chamonix 2017 – Day 2 – Courmayeur
Despite going to bed with clear skies, and in spite of our disbelief that the forecasted snow would arrive, arrive it did and by...
TR: Chamonix 2012 Day 3 – Glacier Rond Failure, Vallee Blanche Plan B
It started with a loaded question over dinner - 'Are your edges sharp?" - I replied in the affirmative and said they had been...
TR: Chamonix 2013 – Couloir Rectiligne
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...
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...
TR: Chamonix 2012 Day 4 – Steep Skiing – South Face of L’Aiguille d’Entreves
After yesterday's aborted mission on the Glacier Rond we figured if we wanted to ski a steep line a better option would be to...
TR: Chamonix 2013 – Day 10 – La Grave
For our last day in La Grave we wanted to descend one of the big 'frontside' runs that make their way down to the...
TR: Chamonix 2012 Day 2 – Glacier du Tour Noir
After a great ski tour yesterday the day dawned sunny again so more touring seemed to be the logical conclusion. The Argentiere Basin is...
Silver in Super G, Gold In Combined Plus Medal Presentations and 2012 INAS IWSC...
The final day of competition at the 2012 INAS World Championship for Athletes with an Intellectual Disability was the Super G, and while the...
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...