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 [...]

Lyngen Alps Day 0

This was uncharted territory for both us and our guide, Nigel Shepherd (Shep). Shep has been an International mountain guide for nearly 30 years so knows his stuff and after a cracking trip to Zermatt last year he invited Houghty and I out to Norway to explore the Lyngen Alps. A guide he knows from [...]