Some more pre-lockdown ski adventure from a couple of months ago! It’s days like this when you realise why we go touring... Thanks to everyone that skied/boarded with me this winter and I look forward to seeing you all again next season... Hope you are all managing to stay safe and healthy out there...

After a few days of rain the mountains are starting to clear and reveal fresh snow at altitude just to remind us that winter is still not over up there even if we can’t access them. I was meant to be doing a ski ascent of Mt Blanc this week with @chamonixhouches - that’s going to have to wait another year. Just having a look back at ski days this winter and one of the most recent was this family day in Les Houches - that’s going to have to wait another year too...

In #lescontamines today on an ARC (avalanche rescue day) with students on their Level 2 programme. You can’t beat a scenario for practising your search, rescue, teamwork & communication skillsets. Want to learn more about increasing your snow knowledge and margin of safety in the backcountry, then check out the courses with @avalanchegeeks . . #igneous_factory #backcountryaccess #arcteryx

You realise that you are only halfway when you are standing on a summit like the Matterhorn (4478m) having climbed the Hörnligrat-one of the great ridge climbs of the Alps. Congratulations to @juliancarnell for a guidebook time ascent. We traversed over to the Italian summit to make the most of the photo opportunities before the descent back to Zermatt... . . #brit_mtn_guides #arcteryx

Some acclimatisation and fast alpine ridge climbing with @juliancarnell in preparation for the Matterhorn-a bit icy on the northern flanks this morning so we decided to keep our crampons on for some bonus training... . . #brit_mtn_guides #arcteryx

Out and about in the mountains with @betweensnowandsky doing a glacier travel & crevasse rescue workshop in preparation for an Antarctic expedition... . . #antarcticlogistics #arcteryx #brit_mtn_guides

Such a great Mt Blanc summit shot from @gersonian_ congratulations to Alex & @reganjojo for pulling off a one day ascent from the Tête Rousse hut and back to the valley-hard work but we were rewarded for our efforts with a weather window which allowed us to top out... . . #arcteryx #brit_mtn_guides

So we went for a break in the weather and it paid off... A really windy start with freezing fog was hampering the attempts earlier in the day... as we ascended the summit ridges, the wind decreased and gave us our Mt Blanc summit... @reganjojo @gersonian_ . . #brit_mtn_guides #arcteryx

While the weather does its thing at altitude @reganjojo & @gersonian_ continue with some skills training on steeper terrain at valley level... . . #brit_mtn_guides #arcteryx

@reganjojo & @gersonian_ alpine training & acclimatising with myself & @willh_alpinism Beautiful weather and views on the summit of the Gran Paradiso 4061m but the weather is looking stormy for the rest of the week-looks like we’re going to need a plan B, C, D etc... being flexible with our plans means we can work with the weather & conditions rather than doing battle with them... . . #brit_mtn_guides #arcteryx