[ad_1] Ken: I was out today with Lukas, who has made the journey (for the second winter running) all the way from Germany to get stuck into some Scottish winter climbing. Plan A was to base ourselves on Skye for a few days, but with strong winds on the cards (more so for there than […]
[ad_1] (Steve): Well it wasn’t the route Rich Parker, Iain Murray and I came for but Intruder (VI,7) was a superb plan B. Great climbing up the crux corner followed by a brilliant top pitch saved the day. Stob Coire nan Lochain is in prime condition, cracks clear of ice yet everything frozen in place. […]
[ad_1] If Taliballan featured in a deck of Scottish Winter Routes Top Trumps, it would score pretty low for the approach to climbing ratio, as it’s about a 3 hour walk-in for a 70m route. Fortunately, it more than makes up for this by the quality and sustained nature of climbing, wilderness, lack of crowds […]
[ad_1] (Steve): Final day with Simon we went to Ben Nevis to climb SW Ridge of the Douglas Boulder. The route is in great condition at the minute with all the compressed snow from traffic taking axes really well. The North face was in prime condition, crags really well rimed and bright skies over head, […]
[ad_1] (Steve): Simon and I had a great day on East Ridge North Top Stob Ban. This is a great route for teaching alpine skills such as moving together, taking coils and transitioning to pitched climbing. Fitting, that we had blue skies and a strong cool wind for company allowing us super views over the […]
[ad_1] Ken: For the final day with Will and Andy, we climbed Curved Ridge on Buachaille Etive Mor. Conditions on the route were excellent, so much so that the climbing is almost a little too easy at the moment. We made short work of the ridge, and so decided to make the airy traverse across […]
[ad_1] (Steve): The stars aligned today; mates off, weather amazing and conditions good for snowed up rock routes. Our foray onto the North Face of Ben Nevis wasn’t without a good amount of wading however, our objective just about frosted enough (for our liking anyway). We chose Sidewinder (VII,8) which was great fun. Rich took […]
[ad_1] Ken: It was a glorious day in Glencoe today, and all of our teams were out making the most of it on the various ridges in the valley. I was out on an introductory winter climbing course. We climbed the atmospheric and imposing Sron na Lairig, along with a couple of other teams. Conditions […]
[ad_1] Glencoe Ridges (Steve): It was my final day with Leanne and Jon who wanted to improve on yesterday’s lead coaching. We decided on Curved Ridge which would allow them to lead a few pitches between the harder sections. On approach it was busy as usual but typically the crowd thins out on this popular […]
[ad_1] Steve: It’s a busy day for West Coast Mountain Guides. I was out with Leanne and Jon, who are both keen to get on the sharp end of the rope and start leading for themselves. We went to East Ridge North Top of Stob Ban which is perfect for instructing leading. The route was […]
