Category: Ski Mountaineering

Off piste ski (and snowboard) mountaineering and touring.

Frendo-Ravanel

Saturday, 5th March 2011

The forecast had been for snow, snow, and more snow, but what we got was sun, sun, and more sun, and the occasional early morning cloud.

Crochues-Berard traverse

Tuesday, 1st March 2011

Another fine day. No more fresh snow, but still plenty of powder to be found if you’re prepared to make the effort. We chose one of our favourite day tours, the Crochues-Berard traverse. The index chair lift and then the Floria button lift took us to the start of the tour (these lifts are just …

Some rock, some snow, some more rock and some more snow

Tuesday, 20th April 2010

Our last few days in Chamonix have seen us attempt a few adventures, but for one reason or another have not seen any major successes. Cascade de Doran On Thursday we went in search of rock. We’d picked out Cascade de Doran which is on the south side of the valley from Sallanche, because it …