An Albula Alps Adventure

An Albula Alps Adventure

The Chamonix to Zermatt Haute Route is perhaps the most well known ski tour in the Alps, but there are many lesser known multi-day tours. Several years ago I guided the Albula Alps tour from St Moritz to Davos, but we weren’t fortunate with the weather that time, so we had to adapt some days. When the opportunity came to guide it again, I jumped at the chance. The Chamonix to Zermatt haute route is linear so there is a big drive back to Chamonix at the end, but the Albula Alps haute route is more circular. This time we were blessed with amazing weather, and excellent snow conditions, despite the fact that there had been very little fresh snow for quite some time. Everything went to plan, and we completed the tour in seven days, with overnight stays in very nice huts.

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A Classic Rock Adventure Around The UK

A Classic Rock Adventure Around The UK

For many years we’ve had a Classic Rock page on our website, where we offer different options for completing all fifteen Lake District climbs in Ken Wilson’s Classic Rock book. We’ve had few takers over the years, but we haven’t yet completed all fifteen with any one client. Tom Hiley and Charles Eggleston have been clients since 2019, and between them they’ve done lots of different things with Chris, including a visit to the Cuillins, Mountain Leader assesment, and lots of climbing in the Lakes. Last year they came up with a new challenge for themselves, and they asked Chris to help them complete it. This is their story so far…

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Updated: What's So Special About The Black Cuillin Of Skye?

Updated: What's So Special About The Black Cuillin Of Skye?

Well, how long have you got? This paragraph from the introduction of the Skye & The Hebrides guidebook sums it up: If you love mountains then you will almost certainly love the Cuillin. A marriage between rock, water and sky, these are mountains unique in their ambience and configuration. A classic and near perfect horseshoe provides the finest ridge traverse in Britain, whose flanks give a host of climbs on some of the finest rock imagineable.

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What's So Special About The Black Cuillin Of Skye?

What's So Special About The Black Cuillin Of Skye?

Well, how long have you got? This paragraph from the introduction of the Skye & The Hebrides guidebook sums it up: If you love mountains then you will almost certainly love the Cuillin. A marriage between rock, water and sky, these are mountains unique in their ambience and configuration. A classic and near perfect horseshoe provides the finest ridge traverse in Britain, whose flanks give a host of climbs on some of the finest rock imagineable.

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