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Ski Touring – Last Few Places

We still have good availability for Private Ski Guiding and scheduled tours for ready made groups these are the final places on various scheduled ski tours this season: Haute Ubaye Powder Touring : 29th Jan 3rd Feb : 1 Place Andorra Continue reading

Lakes Winter Action

Some pics from a recent trip to the Lakes. Martin Cooper, Jonny Morgan, Nick Wallis, Nick Williams and myself had 3 days visiting Gable, Scafell/Pikes Crag and Bowfell. With good early season mixed conds we managed ascents of Jabberwock (with Continue reading

Dear Santa…

Record snowfalls in the Alps

Well we had a dry autumn, but the last two weeks has more than made up for that with 3.25m of snowfall at the Grands Montets and counting  Early season powder conditions understandably have been excellent, though not with Continue reading

A Memorable Year On The Hill

A big thanks to all whove joined us on the hill this year, so here are a few pics to bring back some memories (or is it best to block them out he he) including one or two from Continue reading

2012 Ski Gear Advice

The ski seasons nearly upon us and the kids dont really need shoes - well, not as much as I need a pair of Trab Volares anyway so heres the latest round up of all things new and shiny in ski Continue reading

New Look Blog and Online Bookings System

Were keeping busy here at Alpine Towers, with the upgraded online bookings system going live last Friday and now the new look blog launched today hope you like it!

2012 Alpine Mountaineering Program Now Online

Our 2012 Alpine Mountaineering Program is now online. Weve got the usual popular range of alpine mountaineering courses and private alpine guiding - plus some great new courses and itineraries for next year: Our new 4000m peak climbing course is a 6 day intro course with a specific focus on equipping you with the skills to climb 4000m peaks [...]

Peak and Pembroke

Ive been enjoying a spell of work in the Peak District, Pembroke and the Wye valley with Nik, Sim and Al. Some strong winds and moody skies set the tone in Pembroke but we managed to duck and dive between the odd shower and get some good stuff done including the excellent Heart of Darkness/New [...]

It’s autumn – back to racing..

First Open 5 Adventure Race of the season, on Sunday up in the Lake District and a good result in a strong field 1st Vet and 3rd overall. This was very much a last minute entry, as Ive not been running this year.  I managed to break (then fix) the bike a couple of times [...]