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Mountain bike, ski, Morzine, endlessride, Chalet George, touring, ski touring, xc, routes
February 13th, 2009

Tour du Mt Blanc by Mountain Bike

Tour du Mt Blanc, Sept 15th to 19th, 2008
6100m of ascent, 138km over 3.5 days, our version of the TMB by MTB.
We had been talking about the Tour du Mt Blanc all summer. The time was set for “sometime from the middle of September”. The main decider would be the weather. None of us were [...]

December 16th, 2008

Avalanche Conditions Prevail

Over a metre of recent snow at 1500m, strong winds and a day of Foehn (so strong, warm wind) meant high avalanche danger in our region so we decided to leave the tops to another day. In fact looking at the hurricane blowing off the summits we would never have got to a “top”.

We headed [...]

November 14th, 2008

A new take on the Col de Cou

A little circuit that took in the Col de Coux above Morzine The temperature inversion was stuck at about 1800m which made for some atmospheric pictures.

This was a route researched by Steve Norris linking the Col de Coux to the Chalets d’Aiguille below the Pointe de Fornet.

A GPS download and stats for the trip available [...]

September 29th, 2008

Pas de la Latte

A great 5 or 6 hr round trip over the Tete de Bostan.
It takes a small indistinct path straight through the main cliffs (Les Terres Maudites or The Evil Ground). It’s not as bad as it sounds!
The descent was via the Col de Bostan, a very wild spot and then down the valley via the [...]

September 19th, 2008

Tour du Mt Blanc, by mountain bike

TMB Sept 15th to 19th, 2008
6100m of ascent, 138km over 3.5 days, our version of the TMB by MTB.
We had been talking about the Tour du Mt Blanc all summer. The time was set for “sometime from the middle of September”. The main decider would be the weather. None of us were willing to set out [...]

September 8th, 2008

Champery via the Col du Cou

An XC trip from Morzine over the Col du Cou to Champery, we used the cablecar to save 1000m of vertical and came back via the GR5.
Click HERE for the pictures on flickr.

September 7th, 2008

Chamonix 2008, La Tour, Mountain Bike

Mountainbiking with Charlie, Dan, Mike and Sihu from Bikeworks in Albuquerque, N Mexico.
More pictures can be found on my flickr site

September 5th, 2008

Morzine and Les Gets, Mountain Bike

The last weekend of lift opening in the Portes du Soleil, we did various circuits of Morzine and Les Gets with the lads from Bikeworks in Albuquerque.
There are a few photos on my flickr site.