A short, yet inspiring film on Scottish winter climbing
Take 4 minutes out of your Friday afternoon, and watch Kenton Cool, Neil Gresham and Heather Geluk talk about their motivations for the unique world of Scottish winter climbing.
Entries by Dave Fowler
It’s cooling down – Scottish winter courses
It’s been a busy summer, both on the Isle of Skye and in the Alps and it’s been great to meet new and also catch up with familiar faces. The late Indian summer we’ve had has been very much appreciated and t-shirt climbing in October and November has been great! We are however also pleased […]
Climbing in the Valle d’Aosta, Italy
For the second half of my trip to the Alps, Tom and I found ourselves on the other side of the Mont Blanc Tunnel, in the stunning sun trap that is the Valle d’Aosta. Whilst it is a beautiful valley, it wasn’t quite our intended plan from the outset… Having met up with Tom, who […]
Eugster Couloir Direct, Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix
There can’t be many better ways to prepare for the forthcoming winter climbing season in Scotland than climbing the Eugster Couloir Direct on the 1000m north face of the Aiguille du Midi, so that’s what Alex and I set out to do last week, but our first attempt was far from successful. With a reasonable […]
Ken & Hannah to head up Scottish Courses
With an ever expanding Alpine climbing and ski touring season, and with Scottish winter and Skye mountaineering courses continuing to be busy, we have brought in Ken Applegate and Hannah Evans, who are based in Fort William, to head up our Scottish mountaineering and climbing courses. Over the past couple of years, since taking over […]
Minus Three Gully, Ben Nevis
There is deep snow all over Ben Nevis at the moment, down to low levels. The team in the CIC Hut were all alone on the mountain today and climbed the brilliant Minus Three Gully on the side of North East Buttress. They encountered high quality climbing on each pitch. Rather than battle up the […]
