The Off-Piste Workshop from 02-07/03/08 was comprised of four participants, Christie, Peter, Gary and Graham, and was led by guide Sébastien. Depsite the bad weather that was predicted, they were lucky enough to get some great days of skiing as well as practical experience of glacier travel and crevasse rescue.

On the first day they headed up to Le Tour, took in the glorious scenery and found their ski legs. Enjoy the beautiful photos, courtesy of Peter and Christie.

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photo-blog elizabeth 11 Mar 2008 No Comments

We have not had much fresh snow for awhile and people are phoning us worried about the snow disappearing. Well, there seems to be plenty of it on the Valley Blanche, which is still in good condition. We have guided groups departing almost every day, weather permitting. Contact us to book. 

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news Martina Palm 27 Feb 2008 No Comments

Big days in the mountains start early: 8 am RV at the Aiguille du Midi lift in Chamonix. It is early February and already busy with mainly skiers and a few climbers buzzing with excitement about the day ahead.

We started the day by skiing a variation of the Valley Blanche called the Petit Envers and managed to find some nice snow that was still untracked. (more…)

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photo-blog Martina Palm 11 Feb 2008 No Comments

Opposite Mont Blanc is the Aiguilles Rouges with many ski touring possibilities. Slightly lower and less glaciated but nevertheless challenging.

Starting from the Index chair lift at Flegere you go pretty much straight up. You can skin most of the way but the last little bit is getting a bit too steep and narrow and you are better off putting crampons on and boot packing up. (more…)

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photo-blog Martina Palm 10 Feb 2008 No Comments

The snow conditions are very good in the Alps this winter. During March Chamonix Experience are running three courses which all still have places available. Book up now for a memorable ski Experience.

2-7 March Off-Piste Workshop - Improve your technique and mountain awareness and ski some great powder in one of the world’s foremost off-piste areas.

9-14 & 23-28 March Ski Touring Introduction- Try the beauty of exploring unspoilt backcountry areas. 6 days of ski touring in the Mont Blanc range finishing by skiing down a 4000m peak in Italy.

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news Martina Palm 07 Feb 2008 No Comments

The Chamonix Experience Off-Piste Course last week spent one of the days skiing fresh powder on the Vallee Blanche. Thanks to a fair amount of snow early season the arete (the ridge) has been equipped early this year. This makes makes access a lot easier and safer.

The views from the Aiguille du Midi are breathtaking. (more…)

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photo-blog Martina Palm 21 Jan 2008 No Comments

The ridge is equipped and the Vallée Blanche is in great condition. Yesterday, (19th of January) we could even ski all the way back down to Chamonix without adding too many scratches under our skis. In fact most skiing on and off piste around here is in very good condition at the moment and we are expecting some more snow towards the middle of the week.

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news Martina Palm 20 Jan 2008 No Comments