Tag Archives: ski

On the trail of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Reminiscing on the author of Sherlock Holmes’ ski touring adventure from the Swiss resorts of [...]

Ticking off Couloirs in Alagna

Monte Rosa Dead ends are annoying at the best of times, but in the mountains [...]

Alaska: The last wilderness by Nicky Holford

Even in the dark, the outline of the Chugach mountain range rising from the sea, [...]

Crossing Crete’s White Mountanins

Off the Cretan track – The Guardian   Download Whole Article From The Guardian   [...]

Hotal Bella Tola – Val D’anniviers

The Hotel Bella Tola, hidden away in the scenic Val d’Anniviers seems to me like [...]

Rosa Alpina Hotel – Dolomites

If I was snowed in for a couple of days the Rosa Alpina would be [...]

Skiing Down Memory Lane in Whistler

My face is two inches off the ice as I launch down the Olympic bobsleigh [...]

A Snow Bridge Too Far

Beyond the Abyss/Back from the Abyss It happened in a flash. One minute I was [...]

Skiing In The Thirties: All Downhill Since Then?

They had basic kit and few facilities, but Nicky Holford suspects early skiers had more [...]

Dancing With Condors In The Chilean Andes

Nicky Holford Dances and Flies Her Way Across Chile Sometime after midnight, on a cold [...]