Vallee Blanche..

Another morning of good weather in Chamonix allowed Dave, Cio and I to make a quick descent of the Vallee Blanche from the Aiguille de Midi.

I will shortly be heading back to the UK to start rock climbing courses in the Peak District and North Wales. It looks like there is still good winter climbing, and ski touring conditions in the Scottish Highlands, which makes for a bit of a treat at this time of year.

Here in the alps, Nick Wallis, Jon Morgan, Jon Bracey, Ollie Allen and Al Powell bailed over to Zermatt today to compete in the Patrol de Glacier ski mountaineering race. This 65K epic (Zermatt to Verbier) with 4000m of ascent has quite a reputation, not to mention a need for lycra! For the british team's results check out the Alpine Guides Blog.