Haute Route April 2009 – Chamonix to Zermatt traverse

During the last 8 years of skiing off-piste with the same guide and group of friends we have gone from lovers of the steep couloirs and deep powder to lovers of the ski tour. The ulitmate multi day ski tour is the Haute Route.  So in April 2009 six friends embarked on what would turn out to be one [...]

Mont Blanc Summit trip Day 1

 
MONT BLANC AUGUST 2009 DAY 1
Two good friends of mine had been planning a third attempt at Mont Blanc having failed twice due to bad weather conditions close to the summit. On both those occassion they attempted to climb it by skinning from the valley floor in Les Houches. That quite a hike on skis. From [...]