Lofoten 17 - I visited the amazing Lofoten Isle twice during the winter 2016, the first time, early in February with legendary mountain film maker Seb Montaz. The days were short and sharp, the weather changed every 15 minutes 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…
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…
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.…
kit that works! I've been getting a lot of questions about the kit that I'm using at the moment so here's a little info on what I'm using, why and what I think of it… Kit that works? I'm a…
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…
A season like no other! So finally the winter has come and its starting to get deep out there. Way back in November, I was told by someone who had a friend who is a weather man, that the winter…
On Friday, in two unrelated separate incidents in two different locations within the Mont Blanc Massif, two well known, popular, leading figures from the Chamonix Big Mountain Freeride scene have unfortunately left our world… Our thoughts go out to those…
If I was to ask you which of your turns skidded out the most? Which of your turns is the weaker one? Which do you use to stop? Which one you fall over the most on? Or Which one do…