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Chamonix to Zermatt, Final Days of Our Randonnée Adventure
Posted in Winter Trips Tagged Chamonix, Haute Route, randonnee, ski touring, Zermatt Leave a comment
More CMG Guided Summer Mountain Trips and Rock Adventures
In a post dated 16th April (which you can locate by clicking on the date on the calendar); we announced scheduled Mont Blanc trips, Alpine Introduction Courses, Walker's Haute Routes and Mountain Experience Courses for those keen to get a taste of the high mountains with no prior experience. In addition to these trips, we are offering Rock Climbing courses for beginners and more advanced climbers (described below) and a hut to hut journey designed for keen hiker's and photographers.
Posted in Summer Trips Tagged Add new tag, alpine rock, cragging, granite climbing, multi-pitch climbing, rock climbing 1 Comment
RSS Subscribe Feature Currently Out of Action for CMGBlog
Right now I can’t get the RSS Feed working so you can’t subscribe to the blog. If there are any web gurus out there feel free to advise me on this one. I can see what the problem is - need to change the feed from RSS2 to RSS – but not sure how to fix it (where to find the editable code)… Continue reading
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Chamonix to the Arctic Circle - 8000km Return Road Trip
Martin and I are currently in Sweden, visiting relatives and on our way up north to Riksgransen, Tromso and Lyngen. To get from Chamonix to Lyngen return is an 8000km round trip, most of this journey we will be traveling by car. This will use up our carbon footprint for the next ten years (a fact I'm not proud of) - I will try and come up with ways… Continue reading
Posted in Winter Trips Tagged fjords, Lyngen fjords, sail and ski, ski Norway, ski touring, Tromso 1 Comment
Setting Out on the Chamonix to Zermatt Haute Route April 2009
I am by no means an Haute Route veteran; I have traveled between Chamonix and Zermatt six or so times. There are a few classic itineraries and I have repeated several legs; yet every Haute Route I have set out on has been a very different journey.
Our groups were made up of myself the only non-Swede and four women – Berit, Gunilla and the two Evas and Martin… Continue reading
Posted in Winter Trips Tagged Chamonix to Zermatt, glacier skiing, Haute Route, hut to hut, randonnee, ski touring 1 Comment
Summer Guided Mountain Trips and Scheduled Courses: A Sneak Preview
Below is a preview of summer programs and guided trips that I hope to launch on our Chamonix Mountain Guides website in more detail soon.
Mont Blanc Courses Summer 2009
So far we have the following six day Mont Blanc Courses Scheduled:-
June 14 - 20 June
June 28 - 4 July
July 12 - 18 July
July 26 - 1 August
Sept. 6 - 12 Sept.
Reflection on the Winter Season 2008 / ‘09
Just as we stocked beer in the fridge, dusted off the BBQ, pulled out the rock climbing gear . . .
Just when we thought the endless ’09 winter had come to an end . . .
It began to snow again.
Face Shots
It has been a fantastic winter from many perspectives especially in the accumulation of face shots!
Obscure Locations
France, sneaky spots in Italy and Switzerland have delivered… Continue reading
Posted in Winter Trips Tagged Argentiere, face shots, K2 Women's Movement, La Grave, powder, rock climbing, Skier's Lodge, snow, snowing Leave a comment
Welcome to the CMG Blog!
In this forum we will share with our mountain loving friends and families personal musings, events and happenings for Chamonix Mountain Guides. We will jot down reflections on days or seasons passed, diary excerpts, interesting tid bits and, what's coming up.
We hope this site will be interactive and encourage comments and feedback because that's what blogging is all about!
For a brief look at the winter highlights take a look… Continue reading
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