Thursday, August 13, 2026

Slovenia: Beautiful, Friendly and Slightly More Complicated Than Expected

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The castle lake Bled Charles Sherwood  and I recently spent a week exploring Slovenia. Despite climbing together since the 1990s, neither of...
Tuesday, July 28, 2026

A Few New Corners of the Alps

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Peter and I have been climbing together for a very long time. Since the 1990s, in fact. It was therefore only fitting that he should spend s...
Sunday, July 05, 2026

Learning Before It Matters. This years Jonathan Conville Memorial Trust courses.

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 For many British Mountain Guides, the Jonathan Conville Memorial Trust courses are a regular fixture of the summer season. The Trust was es...
Thursday, June 11, 2026

Early Season Alps: Good Conditions, Variable Logistics

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  Applesrudelhorn formerly known as the Matterhorn May was unseasonably hot. Properly hot. Too hot, really. June then arrived and quietly co...
Wednesday, May 06, 2026

Home for well over 250 nights . The Original Gouter Refuge is no more.

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The old Goûter Refuge is due to be dismantled this May. It feels like the wrong ending for a place that carried so much of the history of Mo...
Monday, April 06, 2026

Good Snow . Very Good Skiers.

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 Jake and his son Kit joined me for three days of ski mountaineering.  The weather and conditions were fabulous.  This was Kit's first i...
Thursday, April 02, 2026

Skiing Contrasts between the US & Europe.

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  It continues to be sunny cold and great snow, with the added adavantage of their being no one around. Grands Montets looking perfect. Skii...