This last week has seen widespread rain and snow across the alps giving some challenging climbing conditions. The rain / snow limit has been down to 2300m and is set to lower further this week. Originally I had planned to traverse the Matterhorn (Italy to Switzerland) but it became obvious tha... more>
Nick's returned for another week of suffering in the hills and this time he was joined by Andy. Andy's climbed with me on Ben Nevis (we climbed Slav Route) before but was keen to see what all this winter alpinism was about. The week started off not so good, with the first snowfall for weeks. O... more>
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