3-07-2008- Good
conditions à Chamonix for all the ascents: glacier travel,
4000, rock climbing in the valley and in the high mountains. We have
summited Mont Blanc on the Cosmiques route with the descent on the
Gouter Ridge this week, some climbing in the Aiguilles Rouges and the
traverse of the
Vallée Blanche. 12-05-2008-
Very good weather. Much snow. The conditions are excellent in Chamonix.
Sunday, 50 skiers have summited Mont Blanc, a few of them have
descended the north face. The Vallée Blanche is in good conditions but
there is one hour walking up to the railway station because the gondola
is closed. The train of the Mer de Glace, the Aiguille du Midi, the
italian cable car are still opened. This is the beginning of the
summer season for rock climbing, glacier travel and mountaineering even
it will be possible to ski in altitude until the end of may. 4-05-2008- Until 11 may, the 2nd consecutive day of unlimited pass costs 1 euro!!!
Nice weather for the week-end. Much snow in the mountains. The
conditions are excellent in Chamonix. A few skiers have summited
Mont Blanc today. Grands Montets glacier and the Vallée Blanche are in
good conditions.The Flégére is open until 4 may, the Grands Montets
until 11 may, Aiguille du Midi cable car don't close and theVallée
Blanche will be good until at least end of may. 24-04-2008-
Nice weather for the week-end. Still much snow in the mountains. The
ski conditions are excellent in the Chamonix Mont Blanc valley. Grands
Montets glacier and theVallée Blanche in good conditions. Brévent and
Tour-Balme will be open until 27 april, theFlégére until 4 may, the
Grands Montets until 11 may, Aiguille du Midi cable car don't close and
theVallée Blanche will be good until at least middle of may.
13-04-2008-The
snow is still very good in the Chamonix Mont Blanc mountains. The
conditions are excellent and there is much snow above 1500 meters in
the valley. The glaciers of the Grands Montets and of the Vallee Blanche are very well covered by snow.
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26/03/2008- The snow is stable, excellent in the Vallee Blanche, cold today and a bit windy in the Grand Envers and in the Gros Rognon. Descent
to Chamonix to the valley and from any resorts possible. The snow is
cold and light , powder: the best conditions for this winter 24/03/2008- Off-pist
skiing in the forest the last 2 days. The snow is more stabilized and
the snow conditions were exceptionnal today in the Vallee Blanche, very
good on the Grand Envers and the Gros Rognon. It's possible to descent
to Chamonix all way down. And down to the bottom of the valley from any
resort in Chamonix.
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21/03/2008- At 9.30, already 20 cm of new snow in Chamonix
Mont Blanc and this is just the beginning . Excellent powder snow. The
highest lifts like the Vallée Blanche and the Grands Montets will be
probably closed for the easter week-end. At 15.00, 50 cm of snow abd it it's still snowing permanently. It will be highly recommanded to choose the safest spots like some forest in Megeve, les Houches or Courmayeur. At 20.00, 70 cm in the garden, the resorts and lthe pass to Switzerland have
been shut progressively today.The avalanche risk is high, more than a meter on
the top of the lifts. Tomorrow it will be possible to ski just in les Houches,
Courmayeur and Megéve Saint Gervais. 20/03/2008 - Very good weather today: good conditions and sun in the
mont blanc range. Excellent snow and very good off piste in the Vallée
Blanche and the Grands Montets. Big snowfalls for the easter week-end. 18/03/2008 Good snow conditions and sun in the
mont blanc range. Light fresh snow and very good off piste in the
Vallée Blanche and the Grands Montets. Take care; it was windy last
days and there are a few windslabs 6/03/2008 - Sun, cold and light wind in the
mont blanc range. Good and light fresh snow and very good off piste in
the Vallée Blanche and the Grands Montets. The snow is soft in all the
Chamonix valley. 5/03/2008 This
morning the weather forecast was wrong in the Mont Blanc Valley: 40 cm
of light and fresh snowfall in the Vallee Blanche. Nobody, no wind and sunny day in the mountains. 2/03/2008 Finally a good fresh snowfall on Mont Blanc above 2000 meters.
Really good turns and the snow was flying today in the Vallee
Blanche. The Italian side of mont Blanc is good now. The
winter is coming back again like often in marth and april
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26/02/2008 Ski touring from Tour Balme: powdersnow and super conditions at the descent of the Bron glacier to the village of Trient in Switzerland. 25/02/2008 Very good off piste skiing on glacier at Grands Montets ( excellent cold snow) and superb conditions in the Vallée
Blanche. Click for the gallery 24/02/2008 Still fresh snow at Aiguille du Midi and super conditions in the True Vallée Blanche. Descent to Chamonix Mont Blanc by
train. Click for the gallery
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22/02/2008 10 cm of fresh snow at Aiguille du Midi and super conditions in the Vallée Blanche on 'Envers du Plan Glacier. Descent to Chamonix Mont Blanc by
train. Click for the gallery 21/02/2008 10 cm de fresh snow at the Aiguille du Midi and superb conditions in the Vallée Blanche. Descent to Chamonix Mont Blanc by train. Click for the gallery 19/02/2008
Marvelous ski touring in the Aiguilles Rouges. Good powder snow on the
north side and excellent springsnow on the south side in front of Mont
Blanc. Click for the Gallery
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18/02/2008
Excellent cold snow on the top of Aiguille du Midi. The Gros Rognon and the Envers du Plan are marvelous. Click for gallery 17/02/2008
Excellent cold snow on the top of Aiguille du Midi. The Petit Envers du Plan is marvelous 16/02/2008
Excellent cold snow on the top of Aiguille du Midi. The true Vallee
Blanche and the Envers du Plan are marvelous. Click for gallery
15/02/2008 Good cold snow on the top of Aiguille du Midi and coming back to Chamonix by train All the variants of the Vallée
Blanche are nice with quite easy snow
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13/02/2008 Good springsnow skiing at Toula glacier on the italian side of Mont Blanc and coming back to Chamonix son the side Vallée Blanche by the bowl of the black virgin in cold snow. Click for gallery.
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12/02/2008 Ski touring in Chamonix Mont Blanc at the Aiguilles Rouges: quite good snow. Click for gallery
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11-02-2008 Still powder snow on the 2 descents of the Vallee Blanche, variant of the Envers du Plan and the true
Vallee Blanche: top conditions. Click for gallery 10-02-2008 Still powder snow on the 2 descents of the Vallee Blanche, variant of the Envers du Plan and the true
Vallee Blanche: top conditions.A superb gallery in the guide-news page. Click for gallery
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9-02-2008 Combination
on snowboard: Toula Glacier on the italian side of Mont Blanc Glacier
of the Black Virgin on the Vallee Blanche side down to Chamonix:
excellent conditions. Click for gallery
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8-02-2008 Combination on snowboard: Envers du Plan at the Vallée Blanche and Argentière glacier at Grands Montets: very good
conditions. Click for gallery
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7-02-2008
Very good conditions on the classic routes of the Vallée
Blanche, at Grands Montets in the Pas de Chèvre and good ski touring in Italy.I was raining yesterday below 1800 meters. 5-02-2008 2Glaciers of Toula the descentof the black virgin. Fantastic Off-Piste on the italian side of Mont Blanc and in the Vallée Blanche from Courmayeur to Chamonix. Click for gallery
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4-02-2008 Snowfall at Chamonix: be careful, the wind has blown. The off piste will require prudence the next days: risk of windslabs. Choose well your descents.
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3-02-2008 Strong
wind at Aiguille du Midi and snow accumulations: be careful. Choose
well your slopes the next days and be prudent: possibility of windslabs.
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2-02-2008
Exceptionnal snow at Aiguille du Midi, fresh very light up to the
knees. Courmayeur and Toula glacier excellent too. The Grands Montets
will open tomorrow Click for gallery
1-02-2008 Very good skiing and nice weather at Courmayeur on the italian side of Mont
Blanc, some snow this night, we will attempt the descent of the Vallee Blanche tomorrow. 31-01-2008 Grands
Montets: very good cold snow. Top conditions , skiing down to
Argentière, the Vallée Blanche is excellent like all the Chamonix Mont
Blanc Valley. Click for gallery
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29-01-2008 Grands
Montets, ski touring at col d'Argentière, good snow and some powder, all alone in the mountains. Top conditions , descent on skis to the Valley. Click for gallery
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The guide in action
28-01-2008
Aiguille du Midi, descent of the petit envers du Plan. The snow is good, cold and compact. very few people in the Vallée Blanche. Top and easy conditions. Descent by train. Tomorrow, probably ski touring at the col du Tour Noir from Grands Montets in the Argentière circus.
27-01-2008 Aiguille
du Midi, descent of petit envers du Plan, more people in the classic
Vallee Blanche. The snow is good, cold and compact . The off piste
skiing conditions are good and quite easy, but however some riders are
waiting for the next snowfall. Descent by train because
the arrival in Chamonix is a bit icy.
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26-01-2008 Snowboard today at Chamonix, 2 descents of the variants of the Vallée
Blanche. Some powder on the top then cold tracked and easy snow . Descent by train for riding only on good snow.
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25-01-2008 Still
good conditions in Chamonix at Grands Montets, the Vallée
Blanche and Italian side of Mont Blanc. The powder is rare now but we find good and long sections in the secret spots like this one.
20-01-2008 Very
good conditions in Chamonix this week-end: people on ski Touring in the
"Aiguilles Rouges", off piste skiing in the Grands Montets,Vallée
Blanche, le Tour and Italian side of Mont Blanc: Courmayeur, la Thuile,
Toula Glacier and Marbrées couloir. Tomorrow snowfalls in the range of
Mont Blanc (20 cm). Avalanche risk 2
19-01-2008 Summary of the season: we have begun
early this year even we've had to be prudent like always with the first unstable
snowfalls of the winter because of the possible slippery basement of the
snowpack and because of the bad grains of snow due to the cold: the bearings. The avalanchous situations have been quite easy to manage, it was
realistic to stay at home or on piste when the temperature was hotter january
3rd, 4th and 7th and to descent reasonable routes after the notable
snowfalls.. Some crests have been very windblown; rain 2 or 3 times
up to jusqu'à 2000 meters and there are some places where the snow is icy when
it's cold. The snow pack is consequent for january, but like always
at this time, take care on glacier because the bridges on the crevasses are made
by cold snow and they will get bigger and stronger later this season. Some very good
days, a few exceptionnal descents: winter 2008 starts well. A bit more snow on the italian side of Mont Blanc. The
difference is not big, when the wind from south (the famous foehn) was blowing they have had heavy
snowfalls. 1 ou 2 snowfalls more and we will have the same snow level in Chamonix.
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18-01-2008 Mythic
combination couloir rectiligne at Grands Montets and col du Plan in the
Vallée Blanche. Technical off piste skiing with some commitment.
Beautiful atmosphére and good snow. This
beginning of season, I've been frequently with good boarders and
skiers, a bit by accident because I enjoy myself with off piste
beginners and intermediate levels. The essential is sharing good whiles
with a few partners in the mountain. Definitively I like to open the
gates of the mountains to everybody and i'm not and don't want to be an
extreme mountain guide: this is even the contrary: I turn only to the
right and to the left.