Author: Pete
Founder of Sterling Adventures!
Anna, Laetitia, Ian and Pete tackle the world famous ski mountaineering multi-day traverse from Chamonix to Zermatt; “the” Haute Route… How hard could it be? We’d convinced ourselves that mountaineering skills were more important than skiing skills, so it should be easy, right?
We've been to les Gaillands loads of times! And why not, it's only 10 minutes walk from the town centre. A few rock climbs here are a great way to take it easy...
A bit of a preparation is probably a good idea before starting a long adventure like the Haute Route. In our case it was essential...
It's been a while coming, but here we are back in Chamonix with the classic traverse from Chamonix to Zermatt, the Haute Route, taking up the agenda for the next week...
A very tough choice of venue today.
Lots of climbers, fickle weather, and tired legs...
We set out for Borrowdale today, wanting a short walk-in after a week that had seen us on Ben Nevis and Pavey Ark...
After some hectic carpet laying, to make Paul's bedroom habitable for his stay with us over the Easter Bank Holiday, we headed out to see just how good some of the bouldering in Kentmere is...
After our long day on Ben Nevis, and with the long drive home ahead of us, we opted for the pleasant sunny rock climbing of Polldubh. The weather was more like summer than when I've been to Polldubh before in summer...
Terry and I travelled up to the Scottish Highlands this weekend having heard about the almost perfect conditions on Ben Nevis, and adding in the continuing 'bon temps' forecast, we had to go. A big route on the Ben seemed within grasp...
