A is for Angle, which most people agree is the single most important factor in identifying Avalanche terrain. But what Angle are we talking about? "Steep"! But not Jérémy Heitz "steep", not "Steep" the classic ski film, not the ...
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There's snow in the Alps! Yes, it's that time of year again with a new ski season just around the corner, excitement and anticipation building...and nervous skiers wondering if this year will be the "big one". Too early to say, but at least ...
Liskamm is the 8th highest peak in the Alps but it's enormous bulk makes it feel even bigger - it seems to dwarf even its' neighbour Dufourspitze when seen from the Monte Rosa hut. Traversing the ridge over the 2 summits from Felikjoch to ...
The Margherita hut is the highest building in Europe at 4550m - yet still manages to provide free Wifi, phone charging, real coffee, a friendly welcome and the best hut meal of the summerand free after-dinner Genépi!) From the hut the ...
The Matterhorn, the world's most famous mountain! Sitting right on the Swiss/Italian border it has 3 names and different characters to match. On Monday we travelled through the lift system from Zermatt to see what the Italian side was ...
It's been a busy week at Frostguiding with a lot of climbing, so here's a suitably long blog... After the big snowfalls 2 weeks ago the week started with a forecast of more bad weather to come - not a good sign. Happily the forecast ...
Matterhorn yesterday. The Hornli ridge was still quite snowy, andagain!) the forecast was way off meaning we had strong winds and freezing temperatures to contend with, but we made it to the top for a shivery Frostguiding summit ...
Success for Dave and Steve, and Dave and Steve today on the Matterhorn! That's three Frost Guiding teams to climb the Matterhorn since last weekend - and it's only Thursday! Hopefully the storms hold off tomorrow and everyone else gets ...
After getting used to the spring heatwave it was a shock last week to be shivering in clouds and fresh snow - the last week of July was the coldest week of the summerso far) Snow, wind and spectacular rime ice brought tough conditions to ...
Dufourspitze is the second highest peak in the Alps, the highest point in the Monte Rosa massif and most importantly for the 48 Peaks Later team, the highest land in Switzerland! The fine summit sits a loooonng way ...
The third Frostguiding Mont Blanc week started on a negative note - with poor conditions persisting in the Gouter couloir, it was clearly going to be third time unlucky on Mont Blanc. Of course there is always the "3 Monts" route, but this ...
Mixed weather and continuing poor conditions on Mont Blanc meant another "failed" Mont Blanc week....but that doesn't tell the whole story... Every week starts with 3 aims... 1: Be Safe! 2: Have fun. ...
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A is for Angle, which most people agree is the single most important factor in identifying Avalanche terrain. But what Angle are we talking about? "Steep"! But not Jérémy Heitz "steep", not "Steep" the classic ski film, not the ...
There's snow in the Alps! Yes, it's that time of year again with a new ski season just around the corner, excitement and anticipation building...and nervous skiers wondering if this year will be the "big one". Too early to say, but at least ...
Liskamm is the 8th highest peak in the Alps but it's enormous bulk makes it feel even bigger - it seems to dwarf even its' neighbour Dufourspitze when seen from the Monte Rosa hut. Traversing the ridge over the 2 summits from Felikjoch to ...
The Margherita hut is the highest building in Europe at 4550m - yet still manages to provide free Wifi, phone charging, real coffee, a friendly welcome and the best hut meal of the summerand free after-dinner Genépi!) From the hut the ...
The Matterhorn, the world's most famous mountain! Sitting right on the Swiss/Italian border it has 3 names and different characters to match. On Monday we travelled through the lift system from Zermatt to see what the Italian side was ...
It's been a busy week at Frostguiding with a lot of climbing, so here's a suitably long blog... After the big snowfalls 2 weeks ago the week started with a forecast of more bad weather to come - not a good sign. Happily the forecast ...
Matterhorn yesterday. The Hornli ridge was still quite snowy, andagain!) the forecast was way off meaning we had strong winds and freezing temperatures to contend with, but we made it to the top for a shivery Frostguiding summit ...
Success for Dave and Steve, and Dave and Steve today on the Matterhorn! That's three Frost Guiding teams to climb the Matterhorn since last weekend - and it's only Thursday! Hopefully the storms hold off tomorrow and everyone else gets ...
After getting used to the spring heatwave it was a shock last week to be shivering in clouds and fresh snow - the last week of July was the coldest week of the summerso far) Snow, wind and spectacular rime ice brought tough conditions to ...
Dufourspitze is the second highest peak in the Alps, the highest point in the Monte Rosa massif and most importantly for the 48 Peaks Later team, the highest land in Switzerland! The fine summit sits a loooonng way ...
The third Frostguiding Mont Blanc week started on a negative note - with poor conditions persisting in the Gouter couloir, it was clearly going to be third time unlucky on Mont Blanc. Of course there is always the "3 Monts" route, but this ...
Mixed weather and continuing poor conditions on Mont Blanc meant another "failed" Mont Blanc week....but that doesn't tell the whole story... Every week starts with 3 aims... 1: Be Safe! 2: Have fun. ...
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