Lochaber Blogs
Blogs (web logs) provide an ideal opportunity to explore the traditions, culture and wildlife of Wild Lochaber. We have put together a collection of local blogs and provide the titles and text snippets to give a taste of each entry with direct links to the main blog entry on the host website. We hope you will find time to explore the full articles and further information on the host blog sites.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any suggestions for blogs you would like to see here.
Alan Halewood
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3 day's mountaineering for Steve Fallon with MIA Trainee Kieran to assist me whilst working towards his Assessment.First up was a lovely day on the Aonach Eagach with Jay, Peter and Shona. The team made good time over the ridge on a relatively quiet day after the crowds of the Skyrun at the weekend...
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Just over 7 weeks since a blog post! A great month in Greenland... icebergs in light that seemed to glow with so much body you could cut it with a knife. A nice first ascent and time spent with wonderful folk. Since then? Up Tower Ridge and down Ledge Route 3 times, Curved Ridge 3 times (down Great...
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I love the Arctic. The light and the stark, uncompromising environment. I also love the fact that coming to Greenland I'm not going to have to worry about crowds, altitude or 'delhi belly' compared to some other expedition locations I've been to.I'm safely ensconced at the Tangent Expeditions ...
3 Wise Monkeys Climbing
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Comp Round 1 – Results Yesturday at 3 Wise Monkeys saw the start of our annual climbing competition series. We couldn’t have asked for a better start! We had 55 climbers enter the competition across 6 categories, including the new Super Vets category. Our new waffles made a surprising...
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August Open Comp Scores Congratulations to everyone who entered our open competition during August. Everyone’s points in the competition went towards raffle entries (E.g. Gillian Parker got 60 raffle entries and Archie MacIntyre got 44 raffle entries). The raffle was drawn and the...
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Our Youth Club Coordinator has been very busy building and growing our super popular kids clubs – you can get a breakdown of what’s been going on at the link below! Interested in our kids/youth clubs and keen to find out more? You can call us on 01397600200 or email team@...
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July Open Comp Scores Congratulations to everyone who entered our open competition during July. Everyone’s points in the competition went towards raffle entries (E.g. Mark Chambers got 90 raffle entries and Ewan McNaught got 80 raffle entries). The raffle was drawn and the winner was...
Glenloy Wildlife
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Along with the rest of the country we had an unseasonably wet and windy week last week – not the ideal conditions for our cetaceans and sharks holiday! However, we made the most of a poor hand and in the end had a great week with some fabulous sightings. First and foremost, we went across […]
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Here at Glenloy, August is always a between month. It is usually the wettest month of the year in the vicinity of Fort William, apart from February, and this year has been no exception. All hopes of looking for late summer butterflies and emergent dragonflies have all been washed away, and the moth...
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We are pleased to announce our dates for 2018. We’ve added two extra full week holidays at either end of the year and reduced the price of our Winter Wildlife short break. Remember if you can’t make any of these dates then we can do pine marten breaks, day trips or bespoke holidays...
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We must have done something right this year, as the sun actually shone in Lochaber during our summer butterfly week! That gave us a great chance of picking up all our target species and keeping our clients happy. In all we managed a total of 13 different butterfly species (this far north that’s...
West Coast Mountain Guides
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West Coast Mountain Guides were back on the Isle of Skye last week, running a Skye Cuillins Munros Course, in collaboration with Steven Fallon Mountain Guides. Mountaineering Instructors Scott and Dave were joined by an eager team of 8 hillwalkers, who were chomping at the bit to tackle some of the...
Hunter Mountaineering Courses and Guiding
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Fiona on Curved Ridge in Glencoe Luke seconding an HVS in North Wales Eleanor on the Aonach Eagach in Glencoe Jagged Globe, Rock climbing. Day 1. 6th August 2017. from Max Hunter on Vimeo. Jagged Globe Rock climbing. Day 2. 7th August 2017. from Max Hunter on Vimeo. Aonach Eagach on the...
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Check out all of the latest blog posts on Hunter Mountaineering Facebook page. Lena leading in the intense Lofoten sun Lena leading a typical Lofoten crack climb A great panorama in front of the Buachaille Curved Ridge Ben Nevis summit, after Ledge Route The Cuillin from Elgol Working on...
An Appetite for Lochaber
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When your mother says either “don’t do it!” or “You could NEVER do that”, it often triggers a defiant response. Never much of a rebel, my response was “Aye, yer bloody right I wouldn’t!”With a heavy heart I’d handed back my Ben Race entry in mid July, giving my precious place to someone willing to...
Nevis Range Blog
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The post Nevis Range launches new website appeared first on Nevis Range.
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Local events organisers, No Fuss Events, have today announced an exciting new addition to their 2018 event calendar. Ski-An-Duro is a ski/snowboard and mountain bike race, starting at the summit of Aonach Mor and finishing at the Pinemarten Cafe Bar at the Gondola base station. The event is set to...
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If you’ve been following the Nevis Range Facebook posts, you’ll probably feel like you already know Border Collie puppy #JuraPatrol. You can now catch #JuraPatrol and Will at 8pm on BBC Two on Thursday 27 July 2017 in the first episode of the new series “10...
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We were delighted to welcome eight-year-old Ruaraidh Stephen from Fort William in Lochaber on, Saturday 25th March, he won the Scotland wide competition to design a ‘Highland Haggis Festival’ themed Gondola for Nevis Range Mountain Experience, home to the UK’s only Mountain Gondola. The...
Lochaber Voice
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BEAR Scotland have notified councillors and local communities about planned daytime closures, over a two-week period, on the A828 between Ballachulish and Connel. It’s to undertake a variety of road improvements, including resurfacing along certain sections. Their rationale is that a...