No access to internet for the last week sorry, .
Thanks for the replies, I'll try altavista or put the links up here tomorrow.
I'm hoping to be in Chamonix, (fingers crossed.)

It's a hard decision to go because the dog will not have as good a winter as if I stayed in N America, because of the rules with the national park and the difficulties with taking a dog onto glaciated terrain. She is a good avi search dog and loves to run in the snow and search. I've worked on ski patrol for the last 2 years so she has been on the mountain every day with me at work. She loves it and in winter she stands by the door wagging her tail at 6 in the morning waiting to go to work! I'm never that keen!

I won't be able to explain to her why she can't come with me .I had such a bad time at work last winter I really don't want to stay in that industry but I made her a love searching more than anything else and I love working with the dog.

(confused late night post)