Bernina Alps – Wandering without intention
As each season comes around I somehow feel that it must be the best time of year right now. Each autumn my father, in his sixties and ever keen for an adventure, comes out to visit. We usually head...
View ArticleMonte Rosa – Margherita Hut / Cresta Rey
7th September 2016 At 4554m, perched on the top of the peak ‘Signalkuppe’, this is the highest building in Europe, the Margherita Hut. It serves both as an alpine refuge for climbers and as a research...
View ArticleCol de Bavella, Corsica
30 September 2016 Climbing up the final stretch to the Col de Bavella I stopped to take a few photos of the rock faces and swirling clouds and Valentine was soon a speck in the distance. I was...
View ArticleLenzspitze (4294m) – ENE Ridge and Traverse
THE FINEST ROUTES IN THE ALPS Lenzspitze (4294m) – ENE Ridge and Traverse – AD, III+, 950m From the west the Lenzspitze appears as a rather modest bump at the southern end of the Nadelgrat. However...
View ArticleFou de Fouly – Steep skiing in Chamonix – 15 December 2016
Fou de Fouly – Steep skiing in Chamonix from Ben Tibbetts on Vimeo.
View ArticleNE Face of Col des Cristaux – Skiing in Chamonix – 3 December 2016
NE Face of Col des Cristaux – Skiing in Chamonix from Ben Tibbetts on Vimeo.
View ArticleEast Couloir of Pointe Améthystes
Skiing East Couloir of Pointe Améthystes, Chamonix from Ben Tibbetts on Vimeo.
View ArticleSkiing Arp Vieille in Valgrisenche, Italy – 23 December 2016
Skiing Arp Vieille in Valgrisenche, Italy from Ben Tibbetts on Vimeo.
View ArticleSkiing the Col d’Argentière, Chamonix, 27th November 2016
Skiing the Col Argentière, Chamonix from Ben Tibbetts on Vimeo.
View ArticleInterview with Nick Santora
Nick Santora: What is your job description? Ben Tibbetts: Adventure photographer. I also work as a high mountain guide for off-pist skiing , alpinism, rock climbing and ice climbing. I work fifty...
View ArticleA day in the life of a skier and photographer…
At 3am, I regularly eat dry bread, helped down with one tiny square of butter and one of apricot jam, in a cold dining room on the shoulder of a mountain. If I’m in a Swiss hut that’s probably the...
View ArticleWeisshorn (4506m) – North-North-West Ridge, 1450m, AD+, III+
Weisshorn (4506m) – North-North-West Ridge, 1450m, AD+, III+ This page has information from my forthcoming guidebooks on the 4000m peaks (2022), Pennine Alps (2023) and Mont Blanc region (2023). The...
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