Katy Dartford

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Category Archives: Travel Writing

The fragile opening of this winter’s ski season…

December 12, 2020by katy dartford Leave a comment

Back in early November, I joined the Ski Podcast for a chat about the upcoming season, ski touring in Chamonix and more.  At 7:30mins in, Iain asks me if I […]

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Broadcasting, Travel Writing

Oman and 3 Ultras…

June 26, 2020by katy dartford Leave a comment

Given that we’ve been in coronavirus lockdown and many of the summer trail races have been canceled this year, I look back at my last season’s bonanza’ of competitions with […]

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Travel Writing

When Katy met Severine…

March 27, 2019by katy dartford Leave a comment

It was a lucky twist of fate that before I attempted my second Patrouille Aiguille Rouge ( this time the long course) I met Severine Pont Combe in Crans Montana, […]

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Travel Writing

Missing on Pakistan’s “Killer Mountain”

March 8, 2019by katy dartford Leave a comment

Most of us who have some kind of connection with the mountaineering world would have been watching the developments on the search for the missing climbers, Tom Ballard and Daniele […]

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Travel Writing

Central America- taking the ‘ non gringo’ trail…..

September 19, 2018by katy dartford Leave a comment

Political and civil unrest in the 1980’s kept many tourists away from Central America for a long time… Then there was the eruption of Guatemala’s Volcán de Fuego and civil unrest […]

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Travel Writing

Gastronomy and more in the Midi-Pyrenees

August 17, 2018by katy dartford Leave a comment

Doused in heritage with old hamlets, drowsy villages and towns studding its lush green hills, Southern France’s Occitania region only officially come into being in 2016 with the pairing of Languedoc-Roussillon and the […]

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Travel Writing

Ski Touring in Georgia

March 19, 2018by katy dartford Leave a comment

I’m just back from a ski touring trip to Georgia and it was a great few days of stunning landscapes, lovely people, amazing food- all super cheap… and, of course, fantastic […]

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Travel Writing

(Non) Chamonix Spring / Summer 2017

August 27, 2017by katy dartford 2 Comments

Chamonix spring and summer didn’t really happen for me this year. Once last year’s achilles tendentious eased off, the pain moved to the calf, with muscle tears in exactly the […]

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Articles, Travel Writing

Ski Touring on Senja Island – out now in Outdoor Fitness magazine

February 16, 2017by katy dartford Leave a comment

My article on Ski Touring on Senja Island is out in the March issue of Outdoor Fitness magazine….. *********  I’ve just returned from Senja, Norway’s second largest island for a few […]

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Travel Writing

Murren: A playground for the modern James Bond

December 22, 2016by katy dartford Leave a comment

  Whilst the world waits with bated breath to find out who the next James Bond will be, I believe I stumbled upon the ideal candidate on a recent trip […]

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Travel Writing

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Phew. Need a sit down....
Sahara sands make the snow an unusual colour and softer to ski. Handy when navigating those steeper pitches in Val Claree
Spring skiing in February!— in the lesser known ( unless you’re French) Val Claree
What’s it like being in a French ski resort with no lifts running and a 6pm curfew? Read more >>> Via Euronews: A 'special kind of atmosphere' in French ski resorts during lockdown https://www.euronews.com/travel/2021/02/22/a-special-kind-of-atmosphere-in-french-ski-resorts-during-lockdown

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