This has to be one of the best moderate ski descents in the Alps, long varied interesting and incredible views of Monta Rosa and the Matterhorn. My ‘wad wife’ and I were blessed with perfect conditions and hardly anyone else in the mountains. It had snowed enough the day before to make some great powder skiing…

I think pictures show the best of this tour which we renamed ‘the calamity tour’ after lots of things went wrong including, binding ripping out of ski, lights on car left on, over ambitious route planning etc. But all worked out well in the end and some superb skiing down arguably one of the best…

Fantastic ski down from the Gstellihorn via the ‘oueugli’ (eye in swiss german, apologies for spelling Patrick). Summited a peak with no name next to the Gstellihorn. Loving the 4am starts, awesome skiing then in to the office for 9.    

Conditions finally coming good around Gstaad with a cold morning after fresh snow makes for a superb descent from the summit of the Giferspitze.  

Machame route Kilimanjaro Long, impressive, varied, steady acclimitisation, busy and dusty are words i would use to describe the machame route on Kilimanjaro. A 7 day route up the mountain which is known as the ‘whiskey route’ and was our chosen route you the mountain because of the extra time it allows the body to…

The North face of the Eiger has been on my mind since reading the white spider around 10 years ago. An infamous route more known for the epics where climbers have died than the numerous successful ascents. First climbed 77 years ago with 64 climbers died trying before it was first ascended in 1938. The…

Taken from the Leschaux hut, looking up at the Grandes Jorasses. A classic route up the North face of the Grandes Jorasses. I have wanted to climb this for a long time and I heard it was in good condition with several teams heading up it recently. The weather was good, I had time off…

The mighty North face of the Matterhorn   One of the 6 classic North faces of the Alps which, I have been really keen to climb for a long time and I have been waiting for the right partner, weather, conditions, time off etc to come together. Finally the time came last week when everything…

https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/nwFayhpAdKA&source=uds An account of skiing the North face of the Ober Gabelhorn in July 2014  

The ‘thank god ledge’   Half Dome Said to be ‘one of Americas best climbs’ and known around the world more famously as North Face logo, Half Dome is an iconic mountain and the shear north face gives some incredible climbing. We chose to do the route in expedition style taking 3 days hauling our…

Skiing Mont Blanc has been on my list since I came to Chamonix for the first time 10 years ago, it’s a classic outing leaving from the Plan d’Aiguille cable car station traversing under the midi and across the glacier to the Grand Mulets hut, then up the ridge line all the way to the…