TR: Chamonix 2012 Days 6-7: Bivouac d’Envers des Dorées – The Missing TR

Filed in: Chamonix 2012, Trip Reports | Tags: Aiguille du Midi, Blizzard of Aahh's, Chamonix, Les Grands Montets, Ski Touring

Just discovered this on my laptop. I wrote it in anticipation of getting the photos from Jerome, which I never did. I have a few but he has the lion’s share. He lost the cable to his camera, I didn’t have the right card reader, and after I left we never got around to getting

TR: Chamonix 2012 Day 2 – Glacier du Tour Noir

Filed in: Chamonix 2012, Trip Reports | Tags: Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix, Freeride, Les Grands Montets, Ski Touring, Skiing

After a great ski tour yesterday the day dawned sunny again so more touring seemed to be the logical conclusion. The Argentiere Basin is an area that I had not spent any time at all in (if you exclude skiing from the top of Grands Montets). Col du Passon is a Chamonix classic that I

TR: Chamonix 2012 Day 1 – Col du Belvedere

Filed in: Chamonix 2012, Trip Reports | Tags: Chamonix, Freeride, Les Grands Montets, Ski Touring, Skiing, Steep

After a very worthwhile week in Turkey (more details on sister blog aussieskier.com ) I came back to Chamonix to ski for myself. After landing in Geneva I jumped in a van to Chamonix and met up with Jerome to check in to the amazing apartment he found for me. I am very spoiled and

The Powder Bible

Filed in: Featured | Tags: Chamonix, Courmayeur, Equipment, Glacier De Toule, Les Grands Montets, Powder Bible, Skiing

Hi Everyone, It’s about time to give my loyal aussieskier fans a sneak peek into what I’ve been up to lately. aussieskier has been quiet since the Buller fiasco but I’ve been hard at work on a brand new project. It’s called The Powder Bible and it’s a ‘World First’ eBook on Ski Travel. As

TR: Chamonix Day 13 – Ski Touring in Les Aiguilles Rouges

Filed in: Chamonix 2011, Trip Reports | Tags: Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix, Home, Les Grands Montets, Skiing

[ad#Adsense Banner] We were pretty exhausted after our road trip, but with a couple of days of sunshine forecast to be followed by some poor weather we decided to make the most of the blue skies and push through. But we certainly weren’t up for a big day so we decided to go for a

TR: Chamonix Day 3 – Powder at Grands Montets

Filed in: Chamonix 2011, Trip Reports | Tags: Chamonix, Home, Les Grands Montets, Skiing

Richard skiing out of the Argentiere Glacier

Every skier has a list. Whether it involves particular destinations, activities or achievements, these are the goals that provide the motivation and rewards for doing what we love. If skiing powder at Les Grands Montets isn’t on your list, I highly recommend you add it. It wasn’t our first powder day there, and I am

TR: Chamonix Day 1 – Les Grands Montets

Filed in: Chamonix 2011, Trip Reports | Tags: Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix, Les Grands Montets

The day began like all days to early in a European ski trip – with Jet Lag. Wide awake at 4am, having decided that further attempts to sleep were futile, it was time to get up. After about 3 rounds of breakfast it was time to head into town to get all our gear sorted