Another big week here in Chamonix and then Russia is calling!

I had a great laugh last week with the BC Intro team, some real characters with Roddy, Chris, Keith (the Private eye), Adam from Israel and the faff master Sean.

After a great Crochue/Berard Tour in the Aiguille Rouge (see last post) the foehn wind started blowing and the high peaks became encased in cloud and the valley temperatures rose dramatically.

We headed up the Grandes Autannes for a quick run down to Trient which was great but became a little sticky low down. The next day we did a big day up to the col du Beaugean dropping off the other side and riding through the col de l' Encrenaz and on down to Le Buet via the col du Montets. The top half was pretty good but having not frozen over night the snow soon became heavy and sticky and very avalanche prone low down.

Fortunately the weather up high finally cleared up and it had been snowing up in the Valley Blanche so we headed up the Midi for a great variante down the Petite Envers followed by a crevasse rescue practice session.

This week we have 2 Advanced BC Freeride courses and a BC summits course on the go. Myself, Seb and Miles are working, Miles took the Summits guys up the Argentiere Glacier to hike and ride the Glacier des Amethystes, Seb did a Glacier Mort in the Aiguille Rouge whilst my guys opted for a day on the Grandes Montets where we found some good lines through the Glaciers front and back off the top tickets lift.

Tomorrow with a good forcast on the cards both myself and Seb are heading for a heli drop on the Col d' Infranchisable from where we'll climb up and over the Domes du Miage and descend the Glacier du Armancette down towards St Gervais which I haven't done for years.

Should be a great day!

All good,

Neil.