http://swissmountainleader.com/wp A Mountain Leader in Switzerland Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:51:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2009/10/18/yvorne/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2009/10/18/yvorne/#comments Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:25:32 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/?p=735 Learning from the day before that it’s turning cold we picked a location right down on the valley floor today and it was excellent. I’ve not climbed at Yvorne before but I think I’ll be going back. It’s set up above the local vineyards about 20 minutes walk from the roadhead. It’s a great crag [...]

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]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2009/10/18/leysin/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2009/09/23/le-bouillet-vercorin/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2009/09/23/le-bouillet-vercorin/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:47:06 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/?p=703 I’d not really known this crag was in Vercorin, that seemed odd but it’s not in the local guidebooks and I’ve never heard anyone mention it. When we got there part of the reason became clear, for a start, it’s below the normal winter snow line so I’ve not skied past it and second, the [...]

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]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2009/06/09/north-wales-climbing/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2009/05/16/pontartlier-doubs-france/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2009/05/16/pontartlier-doubs-france/#comments Sat, 16 May 2009 17:08:54 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/?p=652 When we arrived at Pontarlier we found the local CAF (Club Alpin Français) giving the crag a spring clean which was nice (actually CAF was renamed in 2005 to Fédération Française des clubs alpins et de montagne (FFCAM) but I’m not sure how much that’s caught on). The crag is over in France in the [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2009/05/16/pontartlier-doubs-france/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2009/05/13/goulette/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2009/05/13/goulette/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 16:25:42 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/?p=649 Another small crag in Franche-Comté area of the Jura so another trip over the border into France with Steve (Mountain River Adventures). We had the crag to ourselves most of the day until a group of kids arrived, Steve’s dogs were a big hit with them and Jess found someone to throw sticks for her for a [...]

]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2009/05/13/goulette/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2009/05/12/les-trois-commeres/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2009/05/12/les-trois-commeres/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 17:48:29 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/?p=646 A quick trip over the border for some climbing in France. Les Trois-Commères is a nice little crag in the French Jura with a range of routes. Climbing was a little curtailed by the rain but a good day out anyway. It’s classic euro sport climbing, single pitch, bolt protection but quite a high crag [...]

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]]> http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2009/04/29/peak-district-gritstone/feed/ 0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2007/09/15/bad-day-on-the-monch/ http://swissmountainleader.com/wp/2007/09/15/bad-day-on-the-monch/#comments Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:52:30 +0000 SwissMountainLeader http://snowslider.net/2007/09/15/bad-day-on-the-monch/ Looking back the signs for the day didn’t look so good. I’d arrived at Grindelwald at about 0645 in plenty of time for the first train and sat in the car with a cup of coffee from my Thermos. But, looking up the mountain I was already beginning to think the clouds on the summits [...]

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