Guided mountain walks (winter): The Ben
We were on the mighty Ben Nevis today, with a group of clients from BOC Gas who were taking on the Three Peak Challenge for Cancer Research. The group hired us for the Ben as things are still pretty … Continue reading
Ice & winter climbing: Tower Ridge & Point 5 Gully
This weekend, Paddy has been out on Ben Nevis leading a couple of days of guided ice climbing for returning clients Scott and Nick. Scott and Nick are already experienced winter climbers, but they wanted to push on and … Continue reading
Winter mountaineering: School House Ridge
What a difference a day makes! Today we could see stuff – wow! With a high avalanche forecast limiting options, we climbed School House Ridge on Sgorr Bhan, which is a great aesthetically pleasing ridge with some small sections … Continue reading
Winter mountaineering: Beinn Bheag & Stob Mhic Mhartuin
Our day winter mountaineering in Scotland mostly looked like this. 70mph gusts, near constant whiteout and waist deep snow. You know its epic when you’re counting your crawling, rather than your paces (no exaggeration!) Great weather for nav practice … Continue reading
Ice & winter climbing: Window Gully, Great End
Today we headed to Great End, planning on climbing the classic Cold Climbs grade IV Left Hand Groove. Unfortunately this, and most of the rest of the crag had suffered a fair at the hands of the thaw, so … Continue reading
