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SwissMountainLeader – Snowshoe Guide

I’m an International Mountain Leader and First aid Trainer. I left the UK in 1999 to live and work in Europe. Since 2003 we’ve lived in Switzerland. We are based in Leysin in the Swiss Alps where we also run the Epicea B&B providing accommodation for our clients. I’m a former director of the British Association of International Mountain Leaders (BAIML) and the president of the international body the Union of International Mountain Leader Associations (UIMLA). I’ve represented UIMLA to the UIAA – International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation and as a member of the avalanche commission of the International Commission for Alpine Rescue (ICAR).

International Commission for Alpine Rescue (ICAR) Convention, Montreux 2022

This week I’ve been at the International Commission for Alpine Rescue ICAR convention in nearby Montreux. I’m a delegate to AVACOM which is the Avalanche Commission. I’ve also been representing UIMLA and I was invited by MountainSafety.info to make a presentation about about how their avalanche education resources are used in a professional setting like […]

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SwissInfo Interview

A few weeks ago I was interviewed by SwissInfo in my role as UIMLA president. It was a great experience and we talked about some interesting topics. The journalist, Dale, had some great insights and understanding about how mountain tourism is changing. It’s great to see some coverage on these issues. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/society/a-good-reason-not-to-cry-but-to-welcome-the-wolf-/46863294 SWI swissinfo.ch is

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December Snow, Leysin

It’s been a cold week here in Leysin opening with a good fall of snow. We’ve been able to get out and have a day snowshoeing around the village and another day climbing up to Monts-Chevreuils and skiing down. The ski lifts will have some limited opening over the weekend and the conditions for Saturday

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Swiss Snowshoeing, Feb 2017

We’ve had three International Mountain Leader aspirants here this week, Cormac, Martin and Alan with his wife Helen (who are frequent visitors). So we’ve been out and about sampling some of the range of snowshoeing we’ve got in this region. At the start of the week, the col de La Croix near Les Diablerets provided some

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