Archive January 2012
La Grave – Guide course
Last week I did the first course on the Swedish guide scheme. It was an avalanche course run by European Avalanche School in La Grave. Day after day we went out among the mountains looking at snow crystals, digging snow pits and talking about how to move among the mountains. It was great to meet […]
La Grave – Great skiing with friends
Last Thursday the téléphérique in La Grave was closed, so I had a sought after rest day. The following day it was still closed so we hitched a ride with Swedish guide Per Ås to the little ski resort of le Chazelet where we ended up having a wonderful ski day. Nothing but the kid’s […]
Going south to La Grave
The last few days I have been spending in my car going from Ylläs to Luleå and then Stockholm, Göteborg, Orust, Frankfurt and then La Grave (France). After four to five days of driving and almost 4000 km I’m finally in La Grave where it’s puking snow and the mountain has been closed the whole […]
Ice climbing premiere at Källsberget
Having a day back home I felt like I had to check the ice conditions at Källsberget outside of Älvsbyn, Sweden. It’s not a great place to start with, but I was really keen to use the tools again. Last time I was ice climbing was on the Shield of Huascaran, so this time it […]
