What's new in the mountains this week?

I suddenly found myself climbing with a bunch of budding climbers. On Saturday I headed up to the top of Brevent with Turi and her daughter...

This is what I kept saying to Michael & Kathy Howard as we stood on the Mer de Glace being lashed by freezing rain. This was their first...

I enjoyed a very sociable week working with two of my best friends and fellow Mountain Guides Jonathan Preston and Alan Kimber. Alan is the ...

I enjoyed a fascinating week with Nick Graham who came out to Chamonix for two reasons. The first was to learn the basics of Alpine Climbing...

We had very good conditions at the top of Grands Montets for a good crevasse rescue teaching day Big open crevasse Good snow for anchors No ...

Alpine Rock climbing is about climbing long routes high in the mountains. It is even better when you can do these routes and have them all ...

What a great trip this was for Peter Little and I . The Dom is the highest mountain in Switzerland and has the biggest ascent from the road...

I have just finished a great week with 6 very keen aspiring Mountaineers Andy Alistair Kirsty Julia Mike and Olivier. On our first day we he...

I had a day off today so Andrea and I went to climb one of the most dramatic climbs which over look Chamonix. We took the lift up to the to...

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...