We believe that the relationionship between the Guide and the client is at the heart what we do. If the guide and client are in tune with each other then the mountain day is not only safer but it is more enjoyable.
We do not believe in the myth of the heroic, all knowing mountain guide, but we do believe there are some very talented people working as guides. These people have the ability to get the most out of any day in the mountains and to help the people they are guiding to have a satisfying and rewarding experience.
For this reason we put a major emphasis on the selecting our guides not only for their technical ability but for their personalities and their abilty to communicate in an open and friendly way with all types of people.
All of our guides are IFMGA/UIAGM qualified. This means they have reached the highest international mountaineering qualification in guiding including; ski guiding, heli-skiing, rock climbing, alpine climbing and ice climbing throughout the world.
Our guides as with all UIAGM qualified Mountain guides have been trained and assessed under internationally recognized standards. They have the highest mountaineering qualification available in the world. Not only this they are also really great people, brilliant fun and a pleasure to be in the mountains with.
Robbie Fenlon
Robbie is the director of the company and has been a UIAGM guide for the past 13 years. He now lives permanently in the Chamonix valley in the hamlet of Tacconaz. His main interests are skiing, climbing and trekking in Nepal. He is originally from Dublin and still returns to Ireland regularly.
Linus Kulstad
Swedish born, Linus qualified as a guide through the Swedish system in 2007. When he is not guiding he works as a musician, plumber and illustrator . Linus is passionate about his rock climbing; his next adventure is to make a trip to Yosemite to climb some big wall routes. He lives beside Sweden’s best climbing area; Bohuslan in Uddevella.
Neil Hitchings
Moved to the Chamonix valley in the late 70s and first worked as ski- patroller at the Brevent ski area. This work involved evacuating injured skiers, maintaining security on the pistes and avalanche control. Neil also ran his own rope access business before becoming a guide. He has been working as a guide now for 10 years.
Ric Potter
Ric started climbing as a teenager in 1980, and since then has climbed and mountaineered all over the world, extensively in the Alps, other areas of Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas, and has made first ascents in the Andes and the Himalayas. Ric has worked as professional mountain guide and climbing instructor since 1991, has been a UIAGM Guide since 2002 and an MIC holder since 1994.
Jimmy Halvardsson
Since 1996 Jimmy has been working in the mountains, mainly based in Sweden- in the Are ski town- and Norway's Lofoten Islands. He has climbed in the USA, Australia, South America, the Alps, Mexico, to name a few, and is now living in Tromso, northern Norway, enjoying the superb skiing of the Lyngen Alps. Some of Jimmy’s ascents include: Aguja de la Esse, Patagonia, Salathe Wall, Astroman and Half Dome(in 1 day),Yosemite, Space Shot, Zion, Blåmann Norway. Check out Jimmy's Website.
Pete Mason
Pete grew up in Preston, New York,he was skiing and hiking at the age of 14 and was introduced to rock climbing at Bates College. Pete began his mountaineering in the White Mountains of New Hampshire and in the Adirondacks of New York. After graduating his love for the mountains brought him to Boulder, Colorado, where he still loves to climb. Living in France since 2003 Pete is the second American guide to achieve the guide certification through the French system. Find out more on Pete's website.
Jeff Banks
Jeff's a yank UIAGM Guide who splits his time between Crested Butte, Colorado and Chamonix. He's been an avid skier since he could walk and got hooked on climbing at university. A former national champion in randonee racing and junior champion in cross country skiing; now he spends his free time climbing in sunny places and doing yoga. Find out more on Jeff's personal web site.
Zoe Hart
In 2001 Zoe heard about a town with some snow in the French Alps called Chamonix. With a pair of telemark skis, the inclination to learn how to ski, a small repertoire of french and not much clue, she bought a plane ticket and a season pass. Now, Zoe is one of USA's 4 female UIAGM certified mountain guides, one of less than 70 females worldwide. When not guiding in Chamonix, Zoe is off on personal climbing expeditions, or working on gear testing and design for Patagonia, Scarpa, and Black Diamond. Find out more on Zoe's blog.
