Alpine Guide Verbier

A mountain guide’s perspective on current ski and climbing conditions in and around Verbier, Switzerland.

The calm before the storm

Swiss Meteo wrote that yesterday was the calm before the storm. So we headed over the ridge to Italy, Aosta, to climb a 13 pitch! rock route. What a gas it was to touch this fine granit so close to the road. We climbed “Mitico Vento”, 6b, 500m above the Val d’Aoste.
The forecast is for [...]

Indian Summer Rock Climbing

The rock is hot during this fine Indian Summer. Funny how the weather was so unsettled preceding this Autumnal equinox. Although we have had a few dustings of snow in the high mountains. But pure rock routes at medium elevations are now revealing their intense allure.
A few photos of the rock climbing at this fine [...]

Climbing Les Dentelles de Montmirail

Smack-dab in the middle of the best wine region
of Provence, this climber’s paradise gets the thumbs up!

Rock Climbing Above Verbier

We managed to get another climb in before winter
rolled in.