After spending some time in Chamonix recently for a forthcoming web series we thought it was high time to share this Inside Track from issue 133 with you lovely online folk, and who better to guide us round the French side of Mont Blanc than the ‘Silverback of Cham’ himself; James Stentiford.

A cast-iron British legend, James Stentiford is one of the most successful freeriders to emerge from these isles. Following years of sending it in the Freeride World Tour, he now runs backcountry and splitboard courses through his own operation, Stentiford Snowboarding – and what he doesn’t know about Chamonix isn’t worth knowing.