In ski resorts all over the Alps, the amount of snow was increasing during the Christmas week. It was great powder skiing some days and warm and windy other days. We have been checking out the snow conditions and skiing powder in Chamonix and St Anton during the Christmas week! Read More
The first real powder skiing experience this year we got on the Punta Helbronner, on the south side of the Mont Blanc Massif. Skiing 20cm of light powder on top of a soft base, we had the whole mountains all to our selves. Evidently Chamonix already holds great conditions for ski touring and off-piste skiing if you know where to go ski in the early season. Read More
While waiting for the off-piste sharks to get buried we scout central Europe for rock climbing destinations in December. We found our last week of T-shirt free rock climbing in Finale Ligure, close to Genoa in Italy. Temperatures were perfect for climbing in the sun as well as in the shade. Even though we often go to Finale, just 3 hours drive from Chamonix, we continue to explore new sectors as well as revisiting our favorite ones. Read More
