What's new in the mountains this week?

Reuben on final pitch of Athena.  I had four very interesting days climbing  with Reuben Berg.  Three of them in Italy and our first day in ...

  Dent du Geant seen from the Aiguille Marbree I kicked off the summer season by working on the famous Jonathan Conville Memorial Trust moun...

Sunrise looking up the Aletsch glacier.  The plan had been made months ago.  James ,Adam and I were going to ski the Western Bernese Haute R...

 I had not seen Tom and Becky for ten years, it was 22 years since we completed the Haute Route together.   I was delighted when they got ba...

 There is no way to dress it up -March was a shocking month in terms of ski conditions.  It snowed once, but not with actual snow, but sand,...

  Aiguille Verte seen from the Col Glieres. Vincenzo and Richard joined me for three days ski touring.  The challange was that the condition...

  The Matterhorn seen from the Col Vallpelline. Eighteen years ago was when Stephen Yeates, John Donner and Mike Woolford completed the Haut...