Andreas Fransson
Heli Ski Guiding In The Chilean Andes
Huge mountains and potential for skiing, great wilderness, untouched terrain, a feeling of adventure, no-mans-land, one of the last frontiers of skiing, wonderful nature, good food, wine and many new friends. Last week I got back from guiding for Powder South Heli Ski Guides in Chile. It was a great adventure and a pleasure working […]
A Winding Testament Of Our Peru Adventure
Dreams. I don’t know where they are coming from. Well, that’s a lie really, so I will keep it for my self a bit longer. What I don’t know is what they are made of. They sipper in through the cracks of my reality, mostly at night, but also in the daytime at times when […]
Artesonraju – A conceptual experiment
Last week Bjarne Salén and myself went in to the Paron valley to continue our acclimatization on the mythical and indeed beautiful mountain Artesonraju, 6025m. The mountain is widely known from the Paramount Pictures logo and for being one of the main objectives for climbers (and a few skiers) in the Peruvian Cordillera Blanca. I […]
Accelerating Time – Climbing Mode, Guides Exams And Breathing Thin Peruvian Air
After the season finale on Pain du Sucre a few weeks ago I totally switched to climbing mode for two weeks of intense training to get ready for our aspirant mountain guide exam. Every second day I was rock climbing and every second day up in the mountains practicing my short roping skills. It was […]
Season Finale On The North Face Of Pain Du Sucre
The north face of Pain du Sucre in Chamonix is one of my favorite ski lines in the world. It’s steep, it got a short approach, it goes in to a valley rarely visited in the winter, it’s difficult to get it in good conditions and important, it’s extremely beautiful. I skied it a few […]
Spending Time Up North
The last one and a half weeks I’ve been up in the north of Sweden in the mountains around Abisko for a guide exam and some ski guiding. After almost one and a half year of guide courses and plenty of training it was now finally time to do the first aspirant exam. The aspirant […]
Chamonix Storm Riding – By JP Auclair
Jp Auclair just released this fantastic p.o.v from two days of skiing together with Bjarne Salén, Tom Grant, Ben Briggs and myself on the North Face of Aiguille du Midi and from one day’s powder skiing with Christophe ‘Tof’ Henry, arguably Chamonix fastest skier, on Grand Montets. “Chamonix storm riding”, for me, captures the feeling […]
