For this year’s return to the Ecrins to “Find our Frenchies”, Antoine (our most active international member) and I decided to start with some big alpine rock. On Saturday morning 20 July, we set off from Les Etages toward the Sorreiler Hut (with non-member Nicolas Coronnel) and saw the beautiful Aiguille… Continue reading
From June 7-9, the club visited the Cerrig Pryfaid bunkhouse near Porthmadog in North Wales (thanks to Jen Brewin for the connection to the hut). John and Penny went up on Thursday night and were able to tick off Crib Goch and the Snowdon Horseshoe on Friday after an 0400… Continue reading
Hi All, this past February/March, Antoine and I went ski mountaineering in Morocco. I’ve put the trip itinerary and some pictures below for your interest, and we’re happy to share further information if you would like to go to this area. It is ripe for skiing, mountaineering and climbing (winter… Continue reading
Saturday 16 March 2019 For this year’s winter weekend, the club ventured up to Newtonmore for a stay at the Newtonmore hostel. On Friday evening discussions lead teams to choose routes that considered all the possible hazards associated with Scottish winter climbing. On Saturday morning, one team (John M, Andrew… Continue reading
On 19 January, Andrew, Dolly, Steve, Ange and (other) Andrew all went for a walk from Hartsop in the Lakes. It was a single day raid starting with a quick and steep uphill start from the Hartsop car park (a nice little secret) up to Hartsop Dodd. The weather closed… Continue reading
As many may know, our fellow YMC member, Lucile Boust, manages a mountain hut in the Summers, and she was dying to hear more English after being back in France for way too long. Sitting at the top of the Ecrins and midway between Turin, Geneva, and Grenoble, we thought… Continue reading
For a long weekend when the UK was gripped by “Beast from the East” fever, a few of us headed North by North West to make the most of the icy conditions in Scotland. The Beast had gripped the Country, but not the bit of North West Scotland where we… Continue reading
The MWIS forecast for Lakes for 11 February 2018 was marginal at best, with words like “frequently appalling” cropping up. Nevertheless, a French-American team of Antoine Marnat, Lucile Boust and Andrew Mirelman piled into the van and left York at 7am. While scanning the BBC radio waves for the elusive… Continue reading
