What's new in the mountains this week?

Charles Sherwood and I topped off a fine weeks climbing by climbing the north face of the Aiguille de Peuterey Blanche, the most difficult 4...

Just had a very good three days with father and son team Chris & Albert Boulton. We were joined by 6 year old Arthur for some rock clim...

I went to work with my Mentor of 20 years ago Alan Kimber. We were running an Alpine training course with 12 clients and three Guides [Rob ...

Some peaks stand head and shoulders above others in terms of thier aesthetic presense and Liskamm is one of them. Peter Little and I were ...

So our plan was to get some acclimatiastion so that we could possibly have a go at Mt Blanc at the end of the week. In an attempt not to th...

Rock climbs do not come better than the Iconic Old Man Of Hoy. We did a warm up on the Old Man of Stoer [In the pouring rain] and the Peter...

Anders Sandholm, Martin Hutle and Giles Monnickendam joined me for a week with the brief to learn as much as possible about alpine climbing...

Anyone who wants to see sneak preview of the book can go to the link to view it by clicking on the title Mark the Mountain Guide on youtube.

The unstable April weather stopped and we got a week of perfect weather and exceptional snow. August and Turi and Valdi managed to go from...

The Chamonix lift system confused its self. They announced at La Flegere they were going to close for the end of the season. They then cha...

Well this guy Hannes Margrditer is an Austrian Ski Instructor who came heliskiing with me and I have never seen anyone ski better. Kevin O...

Alison Smith Katy Ferguson and Emma Greenaway, carved out some time away from children to go heliskiing, ski touring and a night in a refuge...

I spent the last week in Verbier with Fiona and Reuben Berg. Apart from one day it snowed at some point every day without any wind so the s...

The early April weather is proving to be April shower like. It is unstable but has produced some great snow conditions. Tom Lyster Natham ...

Easter is traditionally when your average skier cans the season and the resort quietens down. Normally the best snow of the season arrives a...

So this was the picture this morning.

Webcam So there is now a web cam pointing at the Aiguille du Midi from our Chalet

A couple of days ago we had grass growing in the garden. Now it is minus ten and we have big snow.

Winter is back. The snow has been good high up and on Good Friday Andrew Montgomery and I did the Crochue Berard traverse. The ski down to...

You know you have had a good days skiing when you have fallen in a river and have mud all over your kit. Fiona and Reuben and I skied all o...