Chamonix
A Belated Mountain Summer
After a summer mostly filled with expeditions and travelling I finally got to spend some valuable summer time back home in Chamonix. It has been really good to just rest, train, be with family and friends and do quick mountain missions when it fitted to a relaxed life and weather windows. I’ve been thinking of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ski Moments Of Ungraspable Perfection – Two Days On The North Face Of Aiguille Du Midi
Happiness is only relative to our expectations. That’s why I like to enter every ski adventure with low expectations and an open mind. Last weekend JP Auclair sent me a message saying he got the week free for skiing and that we should catch up. Weather did not look like it would be on our […]
