Ski Trip February 2015

During the first week of February the club visited the picturesque resort of Canezei in the Dolomites for a week of skiing where 10 members including Rob, Rich, Izzy, Lucy, James, Pete, Louise, Peter, Julian and Anne assembled looking for some on and off piste action! The majority of the club stayed in the Traviata […]

Late Feb Scotland Trip

A friend recently asked me if I had emigrated to Scotland, as I have just been fortunate enough to spend another 10 days up there which finished with the annual club trip which was organised by Chris. By using weekends to my advantage I have now managed to spend 32 days away on winter mountaineering […]

February Snowdonia Trip

The St Valentines weekend saw the club head to Snowdonia for a hopefully fun filled weekend. The mid-February trip can often be unpredictable for weather, and the same was true again this time! With the snow line at around 800m, many hoped to gain some time on the white stuff. We were staying at a […]

Barre des Ecrins

A short HD video on the majestic Barre des Ecrins 4102m in the French Alps featuring butterflies, performing marmots, overhanging seracs plus a rarely seen brocken spectre. Also a classic mountaineering dilemma on whether to carry on in poor conditions and deteriorating weather after being ill? Or to stop because it is probably the sensible […]