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 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 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 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 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...
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: Climbing the Weisshorn (Hokkaido) 20/1/12
After a few days of pleasant powder the sun has come out, and given the warming we found yesterday and the inevitable crusts that...
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...