What's new in the mountains this week?

On Tuesday Dan Braverman and I went on our 1st ski tour together over the Col Crochues. As we made our way up we noticed a staggering amount...

Greg Knott Bill Mills and I headed for the Grand Paradiso national park in Italy on Friday. The forecast was poor for the Friday but it was ...

The weather forecast was wrong [Thankfully] I arrived at the bottom of Les Grands Montets to meet Robert Blake- James and his 3 sons Richar...

I have had a very pleasant three days visiting International schools along the "coast" of lake Geneva. I was there to tell the chi...

This was weird firstly I got told not to wear my ski boots in a the Reception of the Grands Montets Hotel by the Idiot Manager. I pointed o...

I gave the inaugural "Big Kids Off- Piste Safety Talk" last night at the Church Hall in Chamonix to a lot of children and their p...

Generally it is possible to cope with very cold conditions, the issue is when it is windy and cold. I was up at the top of point Helbronner...

Well finally it happened. So far until today we have had great skiing. All that changed. Chris Dovell and his pals joined me for a days sk...

I believe the quality of the snow is always the most important requirement for great skiing. If there is a choice between beautiful sunny d...

I spent the last week skiing various resorts in Chamonix and the surrounding areas with Maighread. She is equally keen on finding good plac...

Skiing up at Brevent on what must be the busiest day of the season as it was the start of the school holidays and perfect blue skies and gr...

Stephen Yeates John Donner and Mike Woolford came out for their annual trip to Chamonix to ski with me. On Our first day we struggled to se...

The theme of these last few blogs is stay low. It has been very cold and the snow in the lower resorts has been as good as it gets. Howeve...

The weather continues to bring lots of cold snow which is great. On Thursday I was out in the thick of it with Nick Rowles learning about s...

Once again the Flying Grannies have totaly shattered me. They have an average age of 70 years, they are out of the door at 8.30am and don...

Chris Dovell and Simon Warren and I went to explore behind Les Marcottes. We took the lift up to the top of the resort and then climbed up ...

I was back in Les Contamines today to ski with Simon. In the morning we skied off piste in very good powder. In the afternoon we hopped ov...

BUT only if you are a women. Megeve had what I consider a bizzare promotion where by on this particular Sunday if you were female you could...

I spent a couple of very pleasant in the company of Nancy Cooper wandering around the quiet forests of the Chamonix valley. Walter joined u...

As so often is the case you make your own luck. We left Chamonix in thick mist and slippy roads and headed for Verbier. We headed for the ...