UTMB 2011 getting close.
With the Ultra Trail Du Mont-Blanc firmly on my mind at the moment i thought i would add this little google fly through that shows the route through France, Italy, Switzerland and back into France again.
Tour de France 2011
Running from Saturday July 2nd to Sunday July 24th 2011, the 98th Tour de France will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,430.5 kilometres. These stages have the following profiles: 10 flat stages, 6 mountain stages and 4 summit finishes, 3 medium mountain stages, 1 individual time-trial stage (42.5 […]
Latest news, two British climbers dead on Aguille du Midi.
Not much is known right now but the latest news is that two British climbers fell yesterday (Friday 1st) whilst climbing the Frendo Spur. Â The names of the climbers are not yet known. They were confirmed dead by the French mountain police yesterday afternoon but their bodies were not removed from the mountain due to […]
Geneva airport transfers by “Deluxe” in this summers “Altus”
We are proud to now be listed and advertising in the latest “Altus” magazine which is distributed in the Chamonix Valley two times per year, once in summer and once in winter. As well as our advert this month, there are the following topics. Review of the Cosmo Jazz festival coming up this summer, organized […]
Kilian Jornet wins the Western States 100
Well i did say he would! Kilian is the first non-American to win this race. Â We will never know how quick he could have gone but he did enough to win by a few minutes. Â I am sure he could of gone faster, the lead group got lost for 20 minutes early on which meant […]
Busy day for Chamonix mountain rescue.
Friday 24th June and its been a busy one for the Chamonix mountain rescue (PGHM). Â Firstly and most serious was at 10.45am with a call out to the “Grand Couloir” on the standard Gouter route up MT Blanc. Â An Austrian climber had fallen 300 – 400 meters to his death. Â Unable to say why its […]
Geneva airport transfers
With the summer about to start getting into full swing here in the alps and our bookings starting to fill up again i felt a quick reminder of our services was needed. Firstly i would like to introduce the latest addition to our fleet, a new Mercedes ML “Blue Efficiency”. Â this vehicle is ideal for […]
World cup Climbing Championships 2011
This years world cup climbing championships are taking place on the 11th – 13th July and are, as usual, taking place in Chamonix. Â This iphoto was taken yesterday (20th June) to show how early they need to start the construction of the overhanging wall.
Light plane lands on Geneva autoroute!
Recent reports on French news channel TF1 explained how a small “Sesna” airplane needed to make an emergency landing on the Autoroute between Macon and Geneva. Â It land without problems on a road that has many tunnels, over head pylons and bridges.
PGHM open day Chamonix
The weather might not be looking good but the Chamonix PGHM will be opening its door tomorrow (18th June) to the general public. Other than simply showing people around the building and explaining what they do on a daily basis, there will most likely be some demonstration flights too. Â It will be taking place at […]
