A change of plan

The coronavirus pandemic meant this years ski season was cut short. So, whilst in lockdown and missing the snow, I was inspired to put a little film together about one of the few ski touring trips I managed to get in this year. It was around the time I was writing about climate change in…

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MissionWOW: Ski touring in Courmayeur

Doing a ski season in Chamonix wouldn’t be complete without going ski touring. I recently joined a  MissionWOW ladies only course for a weekend introduction to Ski Touring in Courmayeur .  We skinned up to the Bonatti Hut, which I’d stayed in previously  to witness the epic feat that is the Tor des Geants.    It…

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March madness…

March has been an incredibly busy month with me whizzing from resorts in Austria to Switzerland to Austria again and back to France and Chamonix. My first port of call was Saalbach, where I had the former GB ski racer and Ski Sunday presenter, Graham Bell as my guide to the resort, and who also…

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A December day in Courmayeur

Well, I’ve been out in Chamonix for almost two weeks now and have managed to ski twice as there has been loads of snow. Below is a link to my first blog for the Ski Club of Great Britain as their ” Chamonix correspondent”;-) I’ve great memories of Courmayeur- not least the Ski the World…

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Skiing the World…..

I’ve just taken part in the inaugural Ski the World challenge in the Italian resort of Courmayeur in the Aosta Valley, raising money for the Make a Wish Foundation. read more about it at Sport Sister magazine ….and here’s some photos of what went on: Ski the World

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