Our summer season comes almost to an end. In a couple of days and weeks, huts will start to close down for winter, cable cars stop running and mountainguides take their well deserved rest and prepare themselves for a busy upcoming winterseason. Yesterday 7 very happy climbers returned to their homes with their brains full of unforgettable memories of their succesfull Mont Blanc climb earlier this week.

As from this winter the brand new airline Powdair takes you directly from London City, London luton, London Southend, Bristol, Manchester, Southampton and Antwerp to Sion, Valais. Sion is located at only 45 min by car from Finhaut. Are you travelling to Sion Airport for your Bekker Chalet based skitrip? Then we will pick you up and bring you back to the airport. Another reason to book now your freeride or heliski weekend or midweek with us!  

Vanaf deze winter vliegt de nieuwe airline Powdair direct van Antwerpen naar Sion in Valais, Zwitserland. Sion ligt op 45 autominuten van Finhaut. Reis je naar Sion Airport? Dan halen en brengen wij je van en naar Sion Airport! Zo maken we je het nog makkelijker om deze winter een lang weekend of midweek bij ons te komen freeriden of heliskiën! 

Summer season 2017 has started with great week featuring Mont Blanc, Aiguille du Tour and Bel Oiseau, accompanied by our fantastic mountainguides Edward and Hannes. Congratulations to our succesfull Mont Blanc climbers Eric and Ton!

Gisteravond was Edward op de Nederlandse TV (BNN/Vara, NPO3) in een item over lawine onderzoek in Zermatt, Zwitserland. Samen met Eva Koreman maakte hij een sneeuwprofiel en begroef hij Eva onder de sneeuw voor een lawine reddingsoefening met Edward's zoon Thomas als redder van Eva. De uitzending kun je hier terugkijken.

Winter 2016-2017 couldn't start any better. Several snow showers last week have covered the Alps with a perfect layer of fresh powder cover. An exceptional start of season, especially for early November! Yesterday, after the necessary snow shoveling and office tasks, some time was left for a small skitour in winter wonderland. 

Our office is closed from October 27 until November 4, 2016. During this period, we can not be reached by phone. You can however send us an email and we'll try to reply as soon as possible or call you back after November 4. Thank you for your understanding.

Wij zijn op reis van 26 oktober tm 4 november 2016. Gedurende deze periode zijn wij telefonisch niet bereikbaar, maar je kunt mailen naar info@edwardbekker.com. We bellen na 4 november graag terug.

It's been a nice summer with private guiding, which started pretty quick after the last skiprogram to Norway and Sweden. It then became very busy for us, after a Mont Blanc week, with the stage from Bern to Finhaut-Emosson passing in front of the Bekkerchalet. We are talking cycling of course, the Tour de France.  What a day that was, July 20. Edward rode the stage himself from Bern to Finhaut ahead of the peloton in the very early morning with a group of 40 enthusiastic riders from near Bern.

Long time no updates, but we were busy skiing and taking care of dozens of happy guests. Although winter has started late this year, since the first snowflakes fell down, we've been skiing and boarding powder almost every single day. Sometimes it needed some creativity and Edward's sense of finding good snow, but that's exactly what we are good at. Below a little glimpse of last weeks.