Blog Entries from West Coast Mountain Guides
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Last Update: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 - 11:40
Ken: A bit of faith was needed this morning, as driving out of Fort William and through Glen Spean, it was quite damp and the mist was lingering in the glen. As expected, by the time Nick and I...
Ken: The first of the season’s snow showers fell on Ben Nevis, today, although only really settling above 1250m. Rich and I climbed Tower Ridge and encountered the first specks of snow at the...
Dave: Another day with Stuart and the objective was a mountain day covering lots of terrain, the plan up North Buttress and down Gret Gully Buttress on Buachaille Etive Mòr.
Walking in through the...
Dave: Stuart had never tied in or belayed before and his only climbing experience was on an Outward Bound course years ago, we started with the basics climbing the gutter in 4 pitches, Stuart learnt...
Dave: Yesterday I was out on the Dubhs Ridge with Ben and Laura. It was their first time on the Cuillin and they wanted to do the route having seen the recent Danny MacAskill film.
Being a Sunday...
Ken: Great to be out on the excellent Curved Ridge on Buachaille Etive Mor in Glencoe today with James and Catherine. They were keen to develop their mountaineering ropework and led themselves up the...
It’s been a busy two- and a-bit weeks on Skye but at the same time the mountains have often felt much quieter than earlier in the season. This may be because I have been continuing my theme this...
The weekend has been amazing warm weather, ideal for being in the mountains. Dave has been out on Ben Nevis with Charmaine helping her prepare for a trip to the Alps this summer.
Day 1, the team...
I think the inversion today was better than yesterday, from the central Cuillin we could see all the peaks above the cloud.
The objective for the day with Donald and Suzan was Sgurr a Ghreadaidh and...
A truly wonderful day in the Cuillin. A muggy walk in and slog up the An Stac screes brought us unexpectedly out of the cloud.
We were treated with a giant brocken spectre being made by the summit...
