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“The New Normal” Climate Change and Alpinism in Chamonix

September 22, 2020by katy dartford Leave a comment

It’s Green Week which this year focuses on the theme of nature and biodiversity, so perhaps an apt time for my article on Climate Change and Alpinism in Chamonix to […]

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A change of plan

May 15, 2020by katy dartford Leave a comment

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 […]

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Earning your turns – and your schnapps – in the ‘valley of the mountain huts’

March 4, 2019by katy dartford Leave a comment

‘Skinning up’ has a whole new meaning in Salzburgerland’s Grossarl Valley. But as I soon found out – you can’t beat some pure Austrian schnapps for powering you up those […]

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The Patrouille des Aiguilles Rouge

April 1, 2017by katy dartford Leave a comment

I recently took part in the second edition of the Patrouille des Aiguilles Rouge, a ski mountaineering race starting in Arolla and finishing in Evolène in the Valais region of […]

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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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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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Skiing on Senja, Norway

Ski Touring on Senja Island

March 12, 2016by katy dartford 2 Comments

 I’ve just returned from Senja, Norway’s second largest island for a few days ski touring from Hamn i Senja, located amidst a beautiful archipelago on the west coast of the island. At […]

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Ski Mountaineering in Chamonix

April 1, 2014by katy dartford Leave a comment

Skiing will be the death of British Alpinism”, exclaims Andy Kirkpatrick in his book ‘Cold Wars’. In an amusing exchange between himself and British mountain guide and 11 times Everest […]

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Crevasse drop in the Vallee Blanche…

March 4, 2014by katy dartford Leave a comment

A few weeks ago, it was a blue sky, powder day in Chamonix and three of my friends decided to ski the Grand Envers route on the Vallee Blanche. All […]

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SkiTrek- a new site for touring & trekking…

December 23, 2013by katy dartford 2 Comments

It may not be snowing much in Chamonix at the moment but I still feel pretty lucky to have already had two weekends of pleasant piste skiing with good friends. […]

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