Unsettled weather in the Alps..

Apologies for the lack of updates. Last week has been fairly unsettled in the western Alps, resulting in a bit of ducking and diving to get the best conditions.

Early in the week a significant snowfall ensured that even rock routes at a lower level were out of condition. At higher altitudes this made things hard going and it wasn't until Thursday that parties made it to the summit of Mont Blanc.

Ian Hey and I took the opportunity to do the valley rock climbing classic 'Autoroute Blanche' TD+ 6a,6a+,6b+,6c,5c,6a near Le Chatelard. Ian is pictured making use of the only positive hold between more middle grade slab padding..