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Alpine Trips

Austrian Venediger Tour, 2002  

Alpine Hut to Hut Glacier Crossing tour around the Venediger Massif in Austria DAY1: To Mittersill via Munich DAY2: to St Pöltener Hütte (2481 m) DAY3: on to Neue Prager Hütte (2796 m) DAY4: to Badener Hütte (2608m) via an easy dry glacier for crampon practice DAY5 REST DAY: climbed the Kristalwand (3310m) for rope practice DAY6: From the Badener Hütte over the Frossnitz » read more »

Spain Vall de Núria, Easter 2001  

We went walking in Spain for our Easter holiday in 2001, to get away from the frustration of F&M. Sarah & Vikki joined us for the first week. Accommodation and hence the location was courtesy of Sarah’s Dad; Thanks again John. Travelling to Queralbs The flight was from Stanstead (booked through Go), so we stayed » read more »

Tour du Mont-Blanc (TMB) August 1999  

The  Tour du Mont-Blanc aka the TMB was our first Alpine trip, and as such we did it with Rambers Holidays. Its was great introductory into Alpine Hut to Hut trips for us. SWITZERLAND DAY 1: Col de Forclaz to Champex, via la Bovine DAY 2: to La Fouly – our first Leader was sick, so we lead this » read more »


Author: Phil Newby