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    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

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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.

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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....

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Andy Perkins Mountain Guide

Andy Perkins, Independent Mountain Guide, based in Chamonix

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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...

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The 'Supercouloir', Mt Blanc du Tacul, Chamonix

British Guides Mark Thomas & Rob Jarvis Climb this classic Chamonix Ice / Mixed climb, Christmas 2005

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Central Pillar of The Frêney...

BMG Guides on the Central Pillar of Freney, Mont Blanc

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

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Skiing the Col De Beugeant

A short film of a fine spring day out during March 2012 in the Aiguilles Rouges (Mont Blanc Massif).

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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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