Blog - August 2012

Blog archive

• + 2020 (7)
  • + Oct (1)
    • Scottish Spice
  • + May (2)
    • The Long March to Certainty
    • Reflections
  • + Apr (1)
    • COVID-19
  • + Mar (3)
    • Scotland Courses
    • COVID-19 Chamonix
    • COVID-19 (Corona Virus) - Norway - Updated
• + 2019 (3)
  • + Nov (1)
    • George Reid becomes Life Member of BASI
  • + Jan (2)
    • Ski Performance for Mountaineers
    • Scottish Skiing: Infernal and Fickle...
• + 2018 (7)
  • + Nov (1)
    • The Off Piste Performance Team
  • + Sep (1)
    • Chamonix Update
  • + Jul (1)
    • Chris Walker Memorial Trust the Skiers Perspective
  • + Apr (1)
    • Lofoten Islands
  • + Feb (1)
    • Ski Performance for Mountaineers
  • + Jan (2)
    • Scottish Ski Conditions Update
    • Chamonix Conditions Update
• + 2017 (5)
  • + Nov (2)
    • Pre Season Check List
    • Our Ethos and Philosophy
  • + Oct (1)
    • Norway: Mountain Bonds
  • + Aug (1)
    • Ben Nevis Ski Weekend
  • + Apr (1)
    • Final courses of our Chamonix season - PLACES AVAILABLE
• + 2016 (5)
  • + Jun (1)
    • 2017 Off Piste and Ski Touring Trip Dates...
  • + May (2)
    • Jöttnar Fenrir Review
    • Skiing in Arctic Norway...
  • + Feb (1)
    • Glacier Rond
  • + Jan (1)
    • Learning to Ski...
• + 2015 (18)
  • + Nov (1)
    • Skiing in Stubai
  • + Oct (1)
    • It's Time To Get Fit For Skiing! Here's Why?
  • + May (3)
    • Skiing on Ben Nevis
    • Skiing "The Godmother of All Couloirs"
    • Lyngen and Troms with Club Alpin du Pays de Gex
  • + Apr (3)
    • Arctic Norway
    • Skiing As A Family
    • Ski Mountaineering
  • + Mar (3)
    • Dolomites
    • Spring Skiing at Les Grands Montets
    • Wind Stops Play ...
  • + Feb (3)
    • Chamonix Off Piste & Ski Mountain Skills
    • Heli Skiing above La Thuile
    • Les Grands Montets ... but for Climbing
  • + Jan (4)
    • Chamonix Off-Piste & Ski Mountain Skills
    • Eagle Ski Club
    • Wintery Conditions
    • Happy New Year
• + 2014 (27)
  • + Dec (3)
    • Ski Performance for Mountaineers
    • British Mountain Guides CPD in Verbier
    • Ski Coaching in Zermatt
  • + Nov (1)
    • BASI CPD Course
  • + Oct (3)
    • Review of Jöttnar's Alfar
    • Availability 2015
    • New Lift for Les Grands Montets
  • + Sep (1)
    • Ski Fit App
  • + May (1)
    • Being Team Number 1
  • + Apr (4)
    • Dômes de Miage
    • Mantova Minibreak
    • Trophées Du Muveran
    • Spring Snow & Pizza in Italy
  • + Mar (3)
    • BASI Level 4 EMS Training
    • Winter has returned
    • BASI Level 4 European Mountain Safety Course
  • + Feb (6)
    • Chamonix Off Piste & Ski Mountain Skills
    • A Busman's Holiday
    • February Half Term
    • Ski Performance Scotland
    • Ski Performance for Mountaineers
    • Chamonix Off Piste & Ski Mountain Skills
  • + Jan (5)
    • Eagle Ski Club
    • Winter is here ... and so are the smiles
    • British Mountain Guides CPD
    • Sunshine and Powder
    • Happy New Year
• + 2013 (31)
  • + Dec (5)
    • The last turns of 2013
    • Ski Performance for Mountaineers
    • Unfinished Business on Schedule to be Finished
    • Practice makes Perfect
    • CPD for British Mountain Guides
  • + Nov (4)
    • BASI Level 3 Mountain Safety Course
    • Skimo Training
    • Avalanche Training
    • First Ski of the Season
  • + Aug (1)
    • Normally Rob and I team up for ski courses ...
  • + May (2)
    • Plum Bindings and Ramp Angle
    • Skiing in Troms, Norway
  • + Apr (4)
    • Les Grands Montets to Lyngen
    • Cabane Plan de Jeu
    • Zumsteinspitz 4563m
    • Great skiing achievements from the young and older ...
  • + Mar (4)
    • BASI Level 3 Mountain Safety
    • Winter has returned ...
    • Punta Croce
    • Best Day Skiing of my Life
  • + Feb (5)
    • World Ski Mountaineering Championships
    • A "quiet" half term week
    • What do I do on my day off?
    • Big snow little snow; Little snow big snow
    • Chamonix Off-Piste and Ski Mountain Skills
  • + Jan (6)
    • Race Day...
    • Eagle Ski Club
    • World Cup ski racer Kelly VanderBeek retires
    • Ski Performance for Mountaineers with "Team Keswick"
    • Time for the snow blower again
    • Happy New Year
• - 2012 (24)
  • + Dec (4)
    • Did the world end today?
    • CPD for British Mountain Guides
    • Best thing about skiing in Zermatt? Coffee in Italy
    • The season begins ...
  • + Oct (2)
    • First day of the ski season
    • What kit will I be using this season?
  • + Sep (1)
    • Rémy Lécluse
  • - Aug (1)
    • Private Instruction in October
  • + Jul (1)
    • Summer Skiing in the Alps
  • + May (1)
    • Closing remarks by the Commander of the PDG
  • + Apr (3)
    • A few thank you's
    • Patrouille Des Glaciers... to be continued in 2014
    • Patrouille Des Glaciers
  • + Feb (5)
    • Has Spring arrived?
    • Ski Safely - Know the Ski Code
    • Getting a good work / play balance
    • Chamonix Ski Weekend Forecast
    • Season Update from Chamonix
  • + Jan (6)
    • More snow than I have ever seen
    • Chamonix Ski Weekend Forecast
    • Chamonix Ski Weekend Forecast
    • Chamonix Ski Weekend Forecast
    • Relais Des Chamois; ski Racing with a difference
    • The day it stopped snowing ...
• + 2011 (12)
  • + Dec (9)
    • Chamonix Ski Weekend Forecast
    • Chamonix Ski Weekend Forecast
    • Ski Performance for Mountaineers
    • Chamonix Weekend Ski Forecast
    • Fit2Ski
    • Chamonix Weekend Ski Forecast
    • The calm after the storm in Zermatt
    • Chamonix Weekend Ski Forecast
    • Chamonix Weekend Ski Forecast
  • + Nov (3)
    • Buying new boots this season
    • Ski helmets - and how to choose the right one
    • Pre-Season "To Do List"