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Dealing with weather in the Alps

By Caroline on August 14, 2011

  One thing I love about my job is this: it sure keeps you on your toes… both figuratively and literally, of course. But this year has been more on the figurative side of things. Europe has been hit by read more…

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Trient

By Caroline on July 20, 2011

The Trient bassin is located on the eastern side of the Mont Blanc range, in Switzerland. It can be accessed from France, but is more commonly approached from Champex, a little Swiss village nestled high on the hill by a read more…

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Aiguille du Moine

By Caroline on June 28, 2011

When you stand at the top station of the Montenvers train in Chamonix, France, you see two peaks standing out to the east: The Drus and the Aiguille du Moine, a little further south. The aiguille du Moine is a read more…

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Presles

By Caroline on June 27, 2011

Nestled in the heart of France is the great Vercors range, a beautiful red and grey limestone high plateau whose smooth rhythm is interspersed with steep to overhanging cliffs, sometimes reaching 500m in height. I had visited this place only read more…

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Another Eiger Post

By Adam George on May 27, 2011

Just a few months back I posted a blog and video about the Eiger North Face so if you haven’t check it out have a look.  It seemed that climbing the face would satisfy my obsession about this mountain, but read more…

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Haute Route

By Caroline on May 3, 2011

The Haute Route is the ultra classic high mountain traverse linking Chamonix to Zermatt, sleeping in huts at night and only going back to the valley flooronce, to connect Champex to Verbier. The traverse takes 5-6 days. It can be read more…

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Eiger: one day ascent

By Caroline on May 2, 2011

I first climbed the north face in 2003 with friends from Chamonix. The idea had sprung when I crossed ice axes with a friend on a classic Chamonix ice gully and I mentioned that conditions on the Eiger must be read more…

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Ski Touring Italian Style

By Adam George on May 2, 2011

What do you get when you cross WWI artifacts, four course meals, 12,000’ glaciated peaks, beautiful huts with Italian charm and ski touring? The Ortler-Cevedale range located in the Central Italian Alps.  This spring I guided two week long hut read more…

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Scarpa Interview

By Caroline on April 19, 2011

http://blog.scarpa.com/a-qa-with-scarpa-team-member-alpinist-caroline-george/

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Supercouloir

By Caroline on April 14, 2011

With a month spent rock climbing in the middle of winter (Thailand/Jordan), I feel like winter has eluded me. So, despite summer like temperatures in Chamonix this past week, I was excited to swing my tools a little more into read more…

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