TR: Chamonix Day 4 – Ski Tour Crochues/Berard
With clouds looming over the Aiguille du Midi, we decided to leave that for another day and head for the Aiguilles Rouges for a...
TR: Chamonix Day 3 – Powder at Grands Montets
Every skier has a list.
Whether it involves particular destinations, activities or achievements, these are the goals that provide the motivation and rewards for...
TR: Chamonix Day 2 – Ski Touring at Flégère
We woke up to the lovely sight of falling snowflakes and the wonderful sound of avalanche bombs. Unfortunately the visibility was very poor, so...
TR: Chamonix Day 1 – Les Grands Montets
The day began like all days to early in a European ski trip - with Jet Lag. Wide awake at 4am, having decided that...
NZ Club Field & Heli Trip – Day 7 – Mt Cheeeeeeseman
In case you hadn't noticed, this trip had become, in the words of Borat, a Great Success!
The only day with no blue skies was...
NZ Club Fields & Heli Trip – Day 6 – Methven Heliskiing – “So...
Today was a special one.
Between the 4 of us, we have approx 40 full winters of living, and working in ski resorts, many of...
NZ Club Fields & Heli Trip – Day 5 – Bluebird Craigieburn Pow
Back when we all lived and worked in the mountains, little gave us more joy than saying to the hapless punters 'you shoulda been...
NZ Club Field & Heli Trip – Day 4 – Craigieburn Powder Skiing –...
After yesterday's nutcracker assault that left us battered and bruised, we were moving slowly this morning, that is until we saw that there was...
NZ Club Field & Heli Trip – Day 3 – Broken River – Nutcrackers...
After the highs and the firsts of heliskiing, it was time to sample the other objective of our trip, and another first, the club...
NZ Club Field & Heli Trip – Day 2 – Methven Heliskiing
The heliskiing topic was first broached yesterday when Andrew got off the second T-Bar at Porters and declared "There's no way I can heliski...
