Just a quick post to announce the arrival of a new course on the Calendar... The Advanced Slackcountry Freeride course. This course running the 5th to the 9th of January 2015 is something I've been quietly working on and wanting…
So it seems the local rumour about the increased mouse activity and the big start to the winter might have been wrong and after the early snowfalls it has been quite mild and relatively dry in the valley. Another rumour…
My new Sweet protection kit has arrived and it looks amazing! Sweet protection, in my opinion, make the finest outerwear for Freeriding and big mountain BC riding. New for this winter is the Monkey Wrench jkt and pant (shown here)…
You've got to love this shot, it says it all…Blue skies, perfect snow, high peaks, loads of space and a good group of riders having fun factor maximum volume. I wake up early and stretch my body to get it…
There's something really special about those cold crisp early morning starts…Although it's cold, way to early and dark, once you're up and the decision has been made to get on with it, there's an exciting optimism about the day ahead.…
So first things first, after my last blog post, I have to report that so far I have still not seen any evidence of unusual mouse activity! In between posts we have however had some more snow up high, the…
So it continues to snow up high, from about 2300m upwards is starting to get good cover but below that it's been mild and after last weeks big dump it's disappearing fast. The winds have been from the South West…
We're having a beautiful and very colourful Autumn again this year, very cold but following last weeks Snowfall it's been predominantly clear and sunny. I'm in full on prep for the winter which includes getting all my kit together, organizing…
Remember these days way back when we had to carry our boards and hike on snowshoes? I think I spent about 15 years hiking around the Chamonix massif in this manner! Back in the mid 90's I tried Splitboarding for…
It's looking very white and wintery outside here in Chamonix right now! It's been snowing all day and 1 day before I was going to put the snow tyres on the van and the car the roads are now deep…