~ Friday 25th November 2011
The Patrouille des Glaciers ski-touring race runs every 2 years, with teams of 3 competing on a course between Zermatt and Verbier - basically following the classic Haute Route in reverse. The draw for places in the 2012 event was last week - the race is so over-subscribed that places are allocated by lottery - and team "les Hauderes" has a place...my team-mates have both taken part before but it will be my first go - so I'll be out skinning more than usual this winter in preparation.
As well as training for the race myself I'll be arranging some training/preparation/course reconnaisance dates for other teams - dates coming soon.
