This is a sixty image stitch of Les Drus and the Aiguille Verte in Chamonix. This was taken from the valley in February 2018 on a super crisp and cold evening.
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A different aspect of the Aiguille du Midi showing the entire ski descent of the couloir de la passerelle.
Taken during the spring Supermoon of 2020 at sunset
A four image stitch of the Drus flanked behind by the Aiguille Verte. Taken from Les Houches in the Chamonix Valley during the Covid-19 lockdown in April 2020.
The Drus veiled in cloud as the sun sets. Taken during the Covid-19 lock down April 2020.
The sky looked like in the film Independence day when the aliens arrived, luckily no aliens appeared but it looked awesome over the Drus. Taken in March 2020 during the Covid-19 lock down.
Les Drus in the summer. Taken in 2013 from a bivi opposite Les Drus above the Mer de Glace glacier.
Multi image stitch on the Drus in winter from the valley. Taken in February 2018
Lenticular clouds over Les drus, generally a good indicator there is a change in the weather. Taken during the Covid-19 lock down March 2020.
A blustery day in the Chamonix Valley with Drus taking the brunt of the wind and trailing cloud behind. This is a three stitch image.
Another multi stich image taken from the valley in February 2018 of the Drus and the Aiguille Verte at early evening just before the Alpen Glow.
The Drus and the Aiguille Verte sticking their heads through a hole in the clouds druing a winter storm. Taken in January 2017.
A four image stitch taken in winter of 2019 from the Col du Rachasses of the Stunning Aiguille du Chardonnet and Aiguille du Argentiere in the Argentiere Basin.
Two image stitch of a storm brewing over Aiguille du Goûter in Chamonix during the Covid-19 lock down March 2020.
Taken from a bivi at Signal Forbes in 2013, early evening just after the moon had risen.
Taken in Summer 2009 from La Jonction, fantastic clouds circle around the Aiguille du Midi.
In May 2019 I went on an expedition to Kamchatka in far east Russia This is the summit of the Vilyuchinsky Volcano. We climbed and skied the couloir on the right of the image after leaving our tent 1800m below.
Taken from Les Houches, the light catches the early morning mist on the North Face of the Aiguille du Midi. Taken during the Covid-19 lock down March 2020.
Taken from Argentiere in winter 2017, early evening light on the North Face of the Aiguille du Midi and Mont Blanc in the back ground. Perspective is a funny thing as Mont Blanc is 1000m higher than the Midi.
Luckily I had my camera with me on the way home from work as the Midi, plastered in snow after a winter storm, is lit up by the stunning Alpen Glow. Taken in February 2018
Taken in October 2017, the Aiguille du Midi has had a first coat of snow while the valley below basks in the autumnal evening sunshine.
In April 2020 during the Covid-19 lock down the moon was super close to the earth and massive, everything aligned this night as the moon climbed it’s way up the ridge of the Midi and for a moment or two sat directly behind its spire.
Leading up to the full Super Moon I watched the moon becoming fuller and fuller everyday and rising in a different place every night, here it has risen further west and earlier so was perched above Cosmiques Arete. Taken in April 2020 during the Covid-19 lock down.
Taken as the sun is setting in winter, the Midi lift is hovering in the clouds on its was down at the end of the day.
Taken in Summer of 2019 whilst taking product shots for Run the Alps a storm blew in and engulfed Mont Blanc, Mont Maudit and started clutching at Mont Blanc du Tacul, the contrast was amazing.
The Triangle du Tacul in the clutches of the storm - Summer 2019
Many fun alpine routes finish up this ridge, its a wild place to be, just don’t get too close to the edge! Summer 2019.