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Welcome to the guides community pages where you will find photos, blogs and articles contributed by our members.
Members Photo Gallery
Dome de Miage, Mont Blanc Massif
Classic spring ski mountaineering
Happy Days!
Great skiing and scenery on the Grand Saint Bernard Pass (Italian Swiss border).
Tchadar Couloir
Rach dropping into the Tchadar Couloir, Aravis. - Matt Helliker
Steep skiing
Great 3 days with Rach Smoker...ENSA Couloir, Bellin Couloir, Tchadar Couloir and the Cosmiques Couloir seen here - Matt Helliker
The BMG on Twitter
Tweets by @Brit_Mt_GuidesThe British Mountain Guides Official Film from British Mountain Guides on Vimeo.
Being a Mountain Guide
Tim Blakemore Mountain Guide
How did it all start?....Becoming a Mountain Guide has for me, been a long and diverse route. I wouldn’t have chosen a more trodden track however! My love for the outdoors started in Hertfordshire of all places where I spent all hours available fishing and camping away from home.
Jonny Baird Mountain Guide
Jonny describes his classic tough climbing apprenticeship in the Scottish Highlands to his current diverse work as a Mountain Guide in the French Alps....
Videos
Dusting off the axes...
A wee film of two mountain guides from North Wales dusting off their ice axes and getting their first climbs of the Scottish winter season. Three days, three routes...
The 'Supercouloir', Mt Blanc du Tacul, Chamonix
British Guides Mark Thomas & Rob Jarvis Climb this classic Chamonix Ice / Mixed climb, Christmas 2005
Central Pillar of The Frêney...
In August 2012 Keith Ball, and BMG members Tim Neill and James Thacker made an ascent of the "British Route" on the Central Pillar of the Frêney (Mont Blanc.
FA 1961 Chris Bonington with Ian Clough, Don Whillans and Jan Długosz
Skiing the Col De Beugeant
A short film of a fine spring day out during March 2012 in the Aiguilles Rouges (Mont Blanc Massif).
Articles
Broken Skis and British Champions
Here BMG member Ben Tibbets gives us an insiders account of the recent British Ski Rando Racing Championships organised by fellow BMG member Jon Morgan...
Chamonix Zermatt on skis in a long day
BMG member Jon Morgan takes us through his recent (April 2013) traverse of the classic Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt in a single push...
BMG Guides Avalanche Training
Over the last couple of weeks around a dozen British Mountain Guides have undertaken some good quality Avalanche training organised by Americl IFMGA Guide Jeff Banks and the The American Institute for Avalanche Research & Education (AIARE). BMG Guide and practicing Doctor Jon Morgan describes this training experience....
IFMGA Conference 2012, Aviemore
In November 2012 the British Mountain Guides hosted the international meeting of the IFMGA (International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations) in the Highlands of Scotland. The week culminated with the IFMGA climbing competition at Edinburgh's superb 'Ratho' climbing wall....
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