Gearing Up for Another Season

2012-09-23 15:42:25 posted by Ben Thorburn
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The first snows have arrived in the Scottish Highlands. Admittedly it's just a dusting but enough to start turning thoughts to this year's ski season. It's too early to know what snow the season holds but it's never too early to start dreaming of the high summits and virgin powder descents.Over the next few months we'll be posting several useful articles on equipment, skills and routes in the Alps and beyond.

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Gearing Up for Another Season

2012-02-10 14:42:26 posted by Ben Thorburn
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The first snows have arrived in the Scottish Highlands. Admittedly it's just a dusting but enough to start turning thoughts to this year's ski season. It's too early to know what snow the season holds but it's never too early to start dreaming of the high summits and virgin powder descents.Over the next few months we'll be posting several useful articles on equipment, skills and routes in the Alps and beyond.

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Epic Ski Touring Conditions - The Alps

2012-01-10 10:14:55 posted by Ben Thorburn
tags: Ski Touring Skiing The Haute Route The Silvretta Route The Alps Robbie Fenlon

We have a few very keen skiers in the Wilderness Journeys office and we can't help but come over all green when we get reports like the one below from our expert guide, Robbie Fenlon in Chamonix...Robbie says "Big snow falls hit Chamonix on Thursday night, 80 cm to 1 meter of snow predicted to fall above 1800m This type of storm is very good for building up the snow we need for ski touring in March and April.

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Alpine Ski Touring Kicks Off

2011-12-16 10:05:07 posted by Karl Thurlow
tags: Ski Touring Skiing Alps France Chamonix Crepes

Sat in an apartment in Chamonix just 2 nights ago, I looked up at the surrounding mountains in awe, shimmering white in the moonlight from their first dustings of snow, “it’s going to be a good season for snow this year” says Robbie Fenlon, UIAGM Mountain Guide for our ski touring trips in the Alps.I went to meet Robbie and the rest of the team we work with in Chamonix before the season kicks off next week.

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