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Alpine Mountain Guides are adventure specialists. We provide guiding and courses in alpine mountaineering, climbing and skiing throughout the European Alps and beyond. Based in Chamonix and ...

2016/17 Ski Season Round Up – Uzbekistan, Skye, Thabor, Velan, Oberland, Vanoise & Mont Blanc

Apparently, a famous Chinese curse goes ‘may you live in interesting times’. This year’s ski season and snow was certainly that. As ever though, the ingredients of flexibility of approach paid dividends and I enjoyed the process of deciding where to go to find the best, and of course, safest snow. Fresh from a few...

5 Easy, Alpine Peaks for Beginners

This is a short article I wrote for the BMC. Alpine Peaks – the Next Step You’ve hillwalked in Snowdonia and the Lake District and even forayed into the Scottish Highlands to sample some winter action! This summer though you’ve decided you are ready for ‘the Next Step’ and booked your flights for the Alps....

Tour des Glaciers – an 8 day ski tour around the west end of the Mont Blanc massif

Ski touring is simply one of the most pleasurable ways of journeying through the mountains. Multiple day tours exponentially increase the depth of the experience, especially if using winter rooms or unguarded refuges. One of the most interesting aspects of my work is designing itineraries based around clients’ ambitions, abilities and of course where I...

Ski Mountaineering & Sailing Expedition on the Antarctic Peninsula 2015/6

An account of a 30 day voyage January 2016 A long term ambition of mine has been to sail and ski in Antarctica. To find a team, suitable yacht and put them all together is not straightforward; realistically you need to be able to take a month off as well as commit substantial resources to...

Skiing Mont Blanc – the north face

The line between seasons is blurring in the Alps as we experience changing weather patterns; June however has always been the best time to ski Mont Blanc and this year was no exception. In fact I had hoped to ski Mont Blanc in May (probably the busiest time) but had a terrible foehn week (warm...

Alpine Climbing in the Kichatna Range, Alaska

Alaska is a land of superlatives. It’s big, wild and hairy (and, as the joke goes, that’s just the girls in Talkeetna). I’d heard so much about it that I knew sooner or later I’d end up there. And I did. And I came away again with a great new route. Twid and I had...

How to Climb the Eiger

Another ‘How to’ Article for the BMC – this time the Eiger No other mountain in the Alps elicits emotions like the Eiger. Foreboding and dominant above the Alpine village of Grindelwald, it has been inspiration for Hollywood films, books and countless mountaineers. At 3970 metres it fails to hit the ‘magical’ 4000 metres height...

How to Climb the Matterhorn

A short article I wrote for the BMC How to Climb the Matterhorn The Matterhorn is surely the world’s most iconic peak. Its commanding, isolated position at the head of the valley is unique in the Alps and its claim to being one of the world’s most beautiful mountains is well justified. It is also...

2015 Ski Touring Season Round Up

This year’s ski touring season has been a good one but not straightforward. A good example of this was my usual week with John (we’ve skied together since I qualified) which was a planned tour around the Zinal area (often called the Imperial Haute Route or Tour de Ciel depending upon where you start and...

Ski & Sail Trip in Norway – Tromso and Lyngen

One of the great joys of working for yourself is the freedom to drive your work where you want it. I increasingly enjoy designing and leading small bespoke trips to interesting places, and am blessed with a small cadre of likeminded clients who buy into this philosophy. When I received an email from Andy and...
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