It was a really nice winter morning in Zinal, cold, clear and just below freezing in the village. Undaunted, we got in the car and drove until we found some poor weather down the valley at the Aletsch ski area using the lifts into the village of...

The plan was to go snowshoeing around Les Sciernes in the commune Haut Intyamon but there didn’t seem enough snow in the village to make snowshoes really necessary and we thought even another 400 meters up that we’d not see enough snow to make it worth...

I was in the UK for a few days on various business including a couple of days up in Keswick in the Lake District, we got out on Catbells and High Spy on a great winters day on Saturday and a I took a few snaps. Given how extreme and damp the weather’s...

A quick (nordic) walk in the woods near home. We ticked one of the local geocaches at the same time, GCTDZF. It’s All Saints day of course and Halloween last night so there were a series of pumpkins around the woods with faces carved in.

Learning from the day before that it’s turning cold we picked a location right down on the valley floor today and it was excellent. I’ve not climbed at Yvorne before but I think I’ll be going back. It’s set up above the local vineyards about 20 minutes...