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High Mountain Video Report: 12th April 2013

Time to start rock climbing?

featured in Video reports Author Sophie Nicholson, Chamonix Editor Updated

For a regular round up of the off piste skiing and climbing conditions in and around Chamonix, check out these great High Mountain Video Reports in association with Seven Twenty Productions and local expedition company Mountain World Limited.

In this week's video blog, Charlie warns agains the high avalanche risk that comes with the recent snowfall and expected warming of temperatures that will accompany the sun coming out this weekend. If you're heading up high, be extremely careful and conservative with all route choices. Spring looks like it might finally be arriving in the valley so it might be better to get your rock shoes out, the BBQ lit and the beers in the fridge....

NB: Off piste skiing, climbing and mountaineering are dangerous. The opinions expressed in these videos are very much time and condition specific and the content is not intended in any way to be a substitute for hiring a mountain guide, undergoing professional mountaineering training and/or the individual's own backcountry decision making