What's new in the mountains this week?

This is what Bob and Sue Rlloram got when they visited Chamonix to climb with me. We had a very pleasant five days together sampling all sor...

The weather finally came good at exactly the right time for us. Reuben Berg and I climbed Mt Blanc at 7.15am this morning. Nevertheless whe...

Norrie & Jane Nicoll called me the other week [I climbed Mt Blanc with Norrie 15 years ago] and they said "what can we do for 3 day...

We now have Mark the Mountain Guide promotional video on You Tube. This was made by my very good friend Faerthen Felix. All the footage wa...

On Sunday we decided to take the Dangerous Sisters up to the Grand St Bernard Hospice for the night. Andrea and Florence had already been b...

Well plan A had been discussed for many months: Charles Sherwod and I were to attempt a ski ascent of the Aiguille Verte. But when we met th...

I was in a major dilemma as what we should do. The weather forecast was awful and there wasn't a cat in hells chance of getting any ski...

I drove over to meet Francis Bridgeman, Sahil Sinha and Angus Montgomery who were all staying in Zermatt. The weather was good and so was t...

Reuben & Fiona Berg and I started our 6 days together in Gressoney with fabulous sunny weather and dreamy spring snow descents. The next...

Very quiet in the aiguille rouge today. Part of the reason might have been the the train strike , which in the end was just a reduced servi...

Great thing about the spring here is sometimes it is possible to ski bottomless powder in the morning and then spend the afternoon rock clim...

It is all very well skiing around on glaciers in knee deep powder but there are holes out there and its a good idea that everyone in the gro...

There had been lots of snow. It had fallen without wind. It was Easter and the forecast was good. All this adds up to lots of people. The...

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...