With strong SW winds and the freezing level above the summits forecasted, Donna, Caroline and myself headed east to climb the brilliant East Ridge of Beinn a’Chaorainn. It’s a route that is often well covered in snow through the winter, as our prevailing winds pile snow over the summit plateau of Beinn a’Chaorainn and onto […]
Despite a rather unfavourable forecast, particularly following such a good spell of cold, and relatively calm weather, and the odd gust, today wasn’t bad at all. I was out with Caroline and Donna, who are up for a couple of days to squeeze in as much winter mountaineering as possible. With a rather colourful avalanche […]
Below is our latest newsletter including our availability update for open courses. Signing up to our regular newsletter can be done on the homepage:http://51.38.64.114/ Plenty of snow! After a rather frustrating start to winter, things have settled down. There’s been no shortage of snow as of late, with quite regular snow fall down to the […]
It was very quiet on Ben Nevis today. I was out with Arran, who had yet to experience winter climbing on ‘the Ben’, so today we rectified that by climbing the brilliant Castle Ridge. The track up to the top car park had turned to slush, so even with winter tyres, we couldn’t quite make […]
Nice social day on the East Ridge of the North Buttress of Stob Ban today. I was working for and with good friend Scott Kirkhope today, between us, we had the pleasure of leading Angus, Gary, Tom and Gam. For Tom and Gam, who I was with, it was their first winter experience, and for […]
I was out with Wes today, and with the choice of mid grade routes being limited, we decided to go for Tower Ridge on Ben Nevis, a route he’s done in summer, but not yet in winter. I knew from the start that a) conditions would be a bit tricky, with so much unconsolidated snow […]
I awoke this morning to find a dusting of snow at sea level, which as it turned out translated to about a foot of fresh snow in Coire na Ciste on Ben Nevis today, however, the overnight winds weren’t particularly strong, so I was sure that despite the fresh snow, it wouldn’t have packed down […]
Today was my final day with Tim, and despite his numerous trips to Scotland, he had yet to climb anything in winter in Glencoe, so that needed addressing today. We drove into Glencoe with an open mind, but on seeing the car park to Stob Coire nan Lochan nearly empty, thought that would be a […]
After yesterday’s adventure, we decided to make use of the gondola at Nevis Range this morning, to whisk us up to 650m, and check out the East Face of Aonach Mor. With the avalanche forecast suggesting localised areas of considerable hazard, we opted to make the abseils down the line of Morwind, the anchors of […]
Today, it was my turn to climb Thompson’s Route, but as a day of work. I was out with Tim, who I’ve climbed with a number of times over the years, the first being on a winter mountaineering course in 2012. Over the years, he has put a lot of time and effort into pushing […]
