What's new in the mountains this week?

So I have been back to the Idwal Slabs for the first time in 20 years. Reuben drove over from Manchester to join me. It did not rain which...

Roger Brookes joined me for three days climbing. It was a steep learning curve: On our first day we climbed the Yellow Route at Les Chesery...

Peter little joined me for the second time this summer. Like last time the weather was very good except this time we decided to spend our w...

Autumn is coming which is great. Kids are back at school everyone has gone home,Chamonix is just wonderful its not so hot [and therefore mu...

So after our skiing we trundled back to Chamonix stopping at Arnad to climb the classic Bucce d'Arancia . The next day we made a leisurl...

What do you do when there is too much snow to attempt the route you had planned ? Simple you go skiing. This is exactly what Charles Sherwo...

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...