An alarm woke us with a jolt this morning. Only after Clare announced to the dorm that it was time to shake a leg, was it established that it was actually only 4am! The owner of the phantom alarm clock was never established, but we all got our heads back down without discussion for another… Read more

Thick mist and a snowfall greeted us this morning and no amount of optimism could sway the forecast. Given our close proximity to the Italian border, I was quite keen to navigate up the the col above the hut, if for nothing else but to try out my new Garmin GPS.  Using the GPS and… Read more

This is a photo of a photo on the wall of the hut, and ideally, this would have been the situation that we would have encountered as we left this morning. Sadly, the weather continues to less than ideal, so we togged up inside and braced ourselves for the great outdoors… Which this morning looked… Read more

What a way to spend our third wedding anniversary! It’s fair to say that conditions were sub-optimal when we set off from the hut. It was snowing, misty, but not too windy, and (believe it or not), no way near as cold as our wedding day! Feeling optimistic, we set off up in search of… Read more

Not exactly prime conditions in the Alps this morning. A strong wind was blowing up the high street of St Véran threatening to take the table and chairs from the balcony when we drew back the curtains and the sky was lead grey. Given the conditions, we’d decided go make a leisurely start, so began… Read more

Another fine day ski touring just down the valley from St Veran. The guys had sourced some local knowledge about a nice little day tour that began just a short drive away by the little hamlet of Prats Hauts. It started off up a small track through the forest, where we saw some black squirrels!… Read more