I'm forever impressed by the enthusiasm and determination of folk and today was a fine example of just that. I was out with father and son team, David and Harry, who is 12 years old and fit as the butcher's dog.

We walked in to Coire na Ciste in much heavier rain than we were expecting, but this did nothing to curb David and Harry's enthusiasm and before long, we were high on Ledge Route, well sheltered from the strong southwesterly winds.

On topping out, it was hoods up and heads down to get to the summit of the UK's highest mountain, where we were able to hunker down in the summit shelter for ten minutes, before making our way down. A huge well done to them both, but in particular, to Harry, the budding mountaineer!

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After a very wet day on the Onich Slabs yesterday, Arabella and I decided that another big route was in order in preparation for her upcoming trip to Carstensz Pyramid in Indonesia. With a similar forecast to the past couple of days, I.e. strong southwesterly wind and rain, we decided to seek shelter on Stob Dearg again and climbed North Buttress all the way to the summit, giving an excellent and varied route.

Needless to say, it was pretty wet, but fortunately, the rock, which is Rhyolite, where clean, doesn't tend to become much more slippery than when dry. For Arabella, the chimneys of North Buttress offered a contrasting style of climbing to what she was used to and so despite being a modest grade, it kept her thoroughly engaged all the way…

With Arabella keen to get in some more training prior to her trip, I suggested that she visited the Costa Blanca in Spain asap, which will be a bit different from our past few days!

That's a wrap! Tom and I took our Skye Munros team up Sgurr a'Ghreadaidh and Sgurr a'Mhadaidh to round off our final Skye Munros Course of the season. Conditions were, once again, excellent, with another (that's four in a row) dry and clear day, giving us excellent views all day. We couldn't have really asked for better weather over the past four days and, as a result, the waterproofs remained in our packs throughout.

We didn't see another soul out today. Well done to the team that enjoyed The Cuillins at their finest!

We'll still be offering scrambling and mountaineering trips on Skye on a privately guided basis, so please get in touch if you're interested in exploring the finest mountain range in the UK!

For day two of our Skye Munros Course, Tom and I took a group back up to Coire Lagan, from where we headed up to Bealach Lagan and onto Sgurr Mhic Choinnich, before retracing our steps and cutting beneath An Stac and up to the In Pinn. The ascent of the In Pinn was brilliant, as always, made all the more better for having great views, dry rock and having it to ourselves.

To finish the day off, we traversed over to Sgurr na Banachdich. The skies were a bit overcast, with a chilly wind at times, but overall, we couldn't complain as it remained dry and settled.

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Today was our last open Aonach Eagach Traverse of the season and I was joined by Mhairi, Matt and Trish. We made the summit of Am Bodach in good time, but in doing so, walked up into the clouds. Fortunately, the clouds didn't linger for too long and the rock soon started drying out, giving us a very enjoyable day on the finest ridge scramble on the mainland.

For the whole team, it was their first experience of graded scrambling and they all did fantastically well and we were soon on the summit of Sgorr nam Fiannaidh and making a direct descent back down to Glen Coe.

Plenty of others making the most of a dryish day in the Scottish Highlands!

If you're interested in traversing the Aonach Eagach, we will still be offering it on a privately guided basis throughout the autumn.