The season so far… keeping fit and riding hard!
Wow, the season is flying by! It’s been a while since I sat in the office and had the time to think about writing a blog post, (as is evident by my lack of posts I guess). Once the season…
Wow, the season is flying by! It’s been a while since I sat in the office and had the time to think about writing a blog post, (as is evident by my lack of posts I guess). Once the season…
Mid way through an amazing Autumn here in Chamonix and heading into what is being hailed as the big winter we’ve all been waiting for… Only time will tell, but there’s already good snow high up in the mountains and…
The New 2016 course calendar is now online! I’ve a couple of finishing touches to make with minor details on the BC Voyager program but the dates are set and the general idea is set in stone. It’s a pretty…
It’s hot and getting hotter! (Glacier du Tour) The summer has already surpassed last years in terms of sunny days and the temps are rising! Although the weather can change quickly out here so we just have to take it…
So my winter season 2015 has finally come to an end, although it has been snowing pretty constantly ever since the lifts closed and since I returned from Kamchatka…30C one day and snow the next? So things are completely normal…
Its been a while since I found the time to sit down and write my blog as the winter has been racing on through, so hopefully you've been keeping score through the 'McNab Snowboarding' face book page and checking the…
So we had some amazing conditions last week and definitely some of the best riding of the winter so far. The snowpack around Chamonix seemed surprisingly stable and things were getting tracked left right and centre, all aspects and gradients.…
I've been getting quite a few questions about the stability of Snowpack and the increased Avalanche risk this season. I repeat, I am by no means an expert on any of this but if my answers can help someone make…
So things seemed to stabilise quite quickly last week after the big snowfalls. With a couple of level 4 risk Avalanche days some of the Slackcountry areas that would normally be tracked out straight away were surprisingly left untouched, maybe…
Backcountry safety and Avalanche risk assessment. Today the Backcountry is more accessible than ever before. What was once the domain of the winter mountaineer and experienced Backcountry specialist has today become the playground of the masses. As more and more…