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Just a work day pick-me-up from Roland this morning.  A mildly airy view from the Breithorn Half Traverse. Paul Farmer and Roland Thomas out in search of sharp edges.

Starting to sound like a broken record. Just met Thomas and Oliver at the base of the Midi station this morning. Bright and early for the first bin down after a summit of Mont Blanc over the Trois Sommets route … Continue reading →

Day Six: Thursday dawned sunny with a little breeze and an apprehensive group met for breakfast, glad the breeze would take the edge off the heat on the long climb ahead. Emily decided her summiting experiences in Tuesday had been … Continue reading →

Members of our Reservations staff, Natalie and Emily, are in Arolla this week on our Alpine Introduction Day One: Office girls in the hills – we met Holly at the bus stop in Sion, puzzling over the buses to Arolla. … Continue reading →

Well we should’ve known. The forecast Monday called for gale force winds on Mont Blanc. Tuesday predictions suggested a slight downgrade, to “STRONG”. So we set about with the usual back-up plan logistics: booking more hut beds for Italy’s highest … Continue reading →

Photos just in from Wendy Nicholls who summited the big white one last week with us. Pelle spun horror stories of Mont Blanc conditions all week while the team trained on our intro course. Then Andy likely topped it off … Continue reading →

Looking up at Mont Blanc this morning (Monday 25 July) from Chamonix, you can just about make up figures on the summit. Our 4,000ers Mont Blanc Extension course were due to be up there today, but instead opted to travel … Continue reading →

After an aborted attempt at climbing the Cosmiques Arete on Wednesday, the Alpine Techniques team finally got to climb up high with an ascent under perfect conditions on Friday. On arrival at the Midi Station Wednesday morning, the group wondered … Continue reading →

Well there’s no way to sugar coat the weather we’ve been getting here the last 24 hours. The locals have pulled back out their skis to make use of the blast of winter weather we’ve been hit with all over … Continue reading →

Who says it’s storming all over the Alps this week? Well, most forecasts actually. So from Chamonix to Zermatt to Saas it lashed it down with rains over the weekend, prompting nearly all our groups to dig out the rock … Continue reading →