From Mini Ski Tour to Trient
From Three Days in Bergen
From A Vallee Blanche Burfday Pressie
From Grands Montets Powder
From Worth a punt?
From Shadow Buttress A
From Amy and Arend Ski into Skoki Lodge
From Wintry Walks
From Thomas the Tank Engine and Percy's Ghost

Mini Ski Tour to Trient

Sunday, 9th February 2014

Our last day of skiing before returning home to flooded and wind swept Blighty was a fun mini ski tour from the top of the lift system at Le Tour down to Trient….

Three Days in Bergen

Friday, 7th February 2014

Rachel sits on a cannon in the old fort.

Three winter days in Bergen: mountains, museums and cake!

A Vallee Blanche Burfday Pressie

Friday, 7th February 2014

This morning it is snowing so hard it’s like the sky is falling in! Hard to believe that yesterday was clear and sunny. But it was. Perfect for a well timed Burfday descent of the Vallee Blanche…

Grands Montets Powder

Wednesday, 5th February 2014

It’s become a bit of a tradition to take the first week of February as a skiing trip; it offers two fantastic things, usually some of the best snow conditions, and the week incorporates my birthday. Why not? I pay pay for the queen to have a holiday on her birthday every year, why shouldn’t …

Worth a punt?

Tuesday, 21st January 2014

There’s a lot of guesswork involved in Scottish winter climbing. Making decisions about where to go, and whether conditions will be amenable to climbing. It’s been even more of a gamble this year, with a lot of stormy, wet and much milder conditions than we’ve been used to in recent years.

Shadow Buttress A

Monday, 13th January 2014

Last weekend I climbed Yukon Jack in Coire an T-Sneachda with Adrian. It was a nice climb to start the winter climbing season. But this weekend, we wanted to get away from the crowds and head somewhere different. The weather looked better in the East, so we thought Lochnagar might be a good alternative.

Amy and Arend Ski into Skoki Lodge

Monday, 13th January 2014

Skoki Lodge is a classic back country ski tour. My friend Val has done it many times and I had always fancied it.

Wintry Walks

Sunday, 12th January 2014

It seems like it has been raining enough recently to enable Noah to prepare for a perfect maiden journey. However, the weekend was set to be rain free. Hooray!