What's new in the mountains this week?

It is quite incredible we have day after day of blue skis [- perfect if you want to be in Chamonix and not ski ] Yet take a trip through the...

Chris Boulton has been organising the last weekend january skiing trips for largely the same group of pals for well over 10 years. How he d...

John Norris sent me this photo this evening with the tittle "The hut of dreams" John and I had stayed in this hut the Bouqutins a...

Cold and misty this morning but as the day progressed it cleared a litlle. Tom & Mia and I headed up to Le Tour and climbed on skins up...

Not everybody thinks the MT Blanc tunnel is a good idea. Especially when it comes to trucks passing through at 6000 / day. Yet it does all...

Despite it not having snowed since the 15th December there are still some fields of powder snow to be found. This was a good day to start t...

So its the first day of the Christmas Holidays and we decided to build a quick Igloo. This is what we did. Bought giant Balloon which when ...

To day I joined the Mountain Rescue for a big avalanche practice search at the top of Brevent. Each year just before the season there is alw...

I was approached by concerned parents who have children who are very good skiers, often much better than their parents. It is not long befo...

Like in the UK it has been snowing like mad here in Chamonix and all the lifts are going to be open from this weekend. The only problem is ...

I was back in the UK last week touring some schools in Hertfordshire talking to the children about how I wrote the books, about mountains an...

Half term was spent on Majorca. Naturally we took our rock climbing gear with us. Even Jane who hasn't climbed for a while. Our friend...

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...