Haute Route Ski Tour Video and Article

2010-03-17 12:36:00 posted by Stevie Christie
tags: Ski Touring The Haute Route

Last year, Tom Robbins of The Observer joined us to attempt our ski touring trip on the Haute Route in the Alps. Tom's article has recently been published in The Observer, along with a video diary. He enjoyed an epic trip - this is something which is pretty much guaranteed on the Haute Route!If you are a keen ski tourer, we still have a few places available on our Haute Route trips in March and April 2010.

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Skiing Under the Midnight Sun in Arctic Norway

2009-02-09 13:10:16 posted by Paul Easto
tags: Ski Touring

When 99.9% of the ski population have packed away their boots and got out their swimmers, some of us will be heading north (70 degrees north to be precise) to the Lyngen Alps and the Land of the Midnight Sun! As well as 24 hour daylight, the snow conditions are still fantastic during May with summit to sea skiing possible. In May 2009 we'll be conducting a recce trip to the region, led by Swedish guide Jimmy Harvaldson.

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Under Blue Skies in the Alps

2008-02-12 15:09:40 posted by Paul Easto
tags: Ski Touring Alps

With our busiest spring yet of off-piste skiing and ski touring just around the corner, I took the opportunity to catch up with Robbie, Derek, Claire and the team in Chamonix at the weekend. Conditions are just great out there at the moment with the weather more like spring than early February. The Vallee Blanche and all the variants are in good condition with the brilliant blue skies forecast to last well into the week.

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Pre Haute Route Practising!

2008-02-06 14:49:42 posted by Stevie Christie
tags: Ski Touring Alps

With my April Haute Route trip just around the corner now, I convinced myself that the best training that can be done for the trip, would be a week long, fully catered, chalet based ski trip in the Alps! I have just returned from France and the beautiful village of St Foy - with a handful of quiet runs, but located close to the resorts of Val D'Isere, Tignes and Les Arcs.

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