Good ski conditions here this week, although there's still plenty of unstable snow and it's worth avoiding steep slopes. Monday's trip up the Pallanche de la Crettaz was great - a long haul up there but no-one around and the ...
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After a couple of days of very warm weather winter is back. Lots of melt has had a big impact on ice climbing conditions: there's a huge crack across the top of La Giette icefall, and the La Tour icefalls all but disappeared. Luckily ...
Here are a couple of pictures from around Arolla this morning. Plenty of ice now - Coop Icefall, Via Ferrata icefall, Tunnel Left-hand, Usine Électrique, La Gouille left and right. The Viesivi Icefall looked good the other day but ...
I've had a chance to climb with Petzl Nomic axes now...and I want some. Oh dear. First impressionswere good, and in action they are fantastic. Petzl picks are brilliant, good penetration without getting stuck. Hand grip is ...
Thanks to La-Haut in Sion for the loan of a pair of the new Petzl Nomic Ice Axes. First impressions are good. Mine turned up without the pick weights which makes them very light - 540g compared to nearly 700g for an old Quark - fine for ...
First ice climbing of the season today. It's been really cold for a week and lots of routes have formed very quickly, changing daily! We tried the icefall behind La Tour - one of the few routes here I haven't done yet. Pitch one went well ...
More skiing today. Lots of fresh snow on Monday has covered all the tracks so it was a long slog to the top of Arolla, calf-deep breaking trail above 2500m. Worth the effort though for 1000m of fresh tracks. More snow ...
Today at Arolla! Untracked boot deep snow, blue skies, no-one else... OK it was a bit rocky lower down but worth the effort....
With winter just around the corner here, we headed south for some sunny rock climbing last week - a superb 3 day trip to Finale. We stayed in a very good value apartment at the excellent Residence Glicini.Here are a few pictures ...
Just back from a week of sunny rock climbing. We started on the excellent Follomi at Sanetsch - 8 pitches up to 6b+ on the fantastic Sanetsch limestone. Then off down south to the Pilier Lomasti above Arnad in the Aosta valley, and 6 pitches of ...
The last booked week of the summer season finished yesterday in a blizzard at the Hornli hut - un-forecast snow made the Matterhorn a complete non-starter, so our disappointed team trudged back to Zermatt for second breakfast. The clouds ...
The Petite Dent de Viesivi dominates the village of les Hauderes. If it had a Chamonix style cable car access it would be one of the most popular day routes of its grade in the Alps - luckily/sadly it doesn't. Instead, 3 hours of ...
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Good ski conditions here this week, although there's still plenty of unstable snow and it's worth avoiding steep slopes. Monday's trip up the Pallanche de la Crettaz was great - a long haul up there but no-one around and the ...
After a couple of days of very warm weather winter is back. Lots of melt has had a big impact on ice climbing conditions: there's a huge crack across the top of La Giette icefall, and the La Tour icefalls all but disappeared. Luckily ...
Here are a couple of pictures from around Arolla this morning. Plenty of ice now - Coop Icefall, Via Ferrata icefall, Tunnel Left-hand, Usine Électrique, La Gouille left and right. The Viesivi Icefall looked good the other day but ...
I've had a chance to climb with Petzl Nomic axes now...and I want some. Oh dear. First impressionswere good, and in action they are fantastic. Petzl picks are brilliant, good penetration without getting stuck. Hand grip is ...
Thanks to La-Haut in Sion for the loan of a pair of the new Petzl Nomic Ice Axes. First impressions are good. Mine turned up without the pick weights which makes them very light - 540g compared to nearly 700g for an old Quark - fine for ...
First ice climbing of the season today. It's been really cold for a week and lots of routes have formed very quickly, changing daily! We tried the icefall behind La Tour - one of the few routes here I haven't done yet. Pitch one went well ...
More skiing today. Lots of fresh snow on Monday has covered all the tracks so it was a long slog to the top of Arolla, calf-deep breaking trail above 2500m. Worth the effort though for 1000m of fresh tracks. More snow ...
Today at Arolla! Untracked boot deep snow, blue skies, no-one else... OK it was a bit rocky lower down but worth the effort....
With winter just around the corner here, we headed south for some sunny rock climbing last week - a superb 3 day trip to Finale. We stayed in a very good value apartment at the excellent Residence Glicini.Here are a few pictures ...
Just back from a week of sunny rock climbing. We started on the excellent Follomi at Sanetsch - 8 pitches up to 6b+ on the fantastic Sanetsch limestone. Then off down south to the Pilier Lomasti above Arnad in the Aosta valley, and 6 pitches of ...
The last booked week of the summer season finished yesterday in a blizzard at the Hornli hut - un-forecast snow made the Matterhorn a complete non-starter, so our disappointed team trudged back to Zermatt for second breakfast. The clouds ...
The Petite Dent de Viesivi dominates the village of les Hauderes. If it had a Chamonix style cable car access it would be one of the most popular day routes of its grade in the Alps - luckily/sadly it doesn't. Instead, 3 hours of ...
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