Blog Entries from West Coast Mountain Guides
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Last Update: Thursday, February 25, 2021 - 17:20
Ken: Happy New Year to you all, I hope that despite current restrictions that you still were able to enjoy the festive season.
Today, I caught up with Steven and we decided to go for a bit of an...
Scott, Dave and I opted for Titan Cracks on No. 4 Gully Buttress, an area that sees little attention. The routes up there are quite short, but pack a fair punch and Titan Cracks was no exception....
Ken: Caspar and I made the most of a settled and wintry day by heading high on Ben Nevis to climb on No. 3 Gully Buttress. We settled on Hobgoblin and finished up Hanging Garden giving a brilliant...
Ken: For Marco and Mary's final day we finished off their remaining Munros on the main Cuillin Ridge. We started by ascending Bomber Alley and traversing the famous and exposed Collie's...
Ken: It seems like only yesterday that we were running our second CIC Hut Week on Ben Nevis, climbing some of the best ice routes in the UK, moments before the world was turned upside down.
Bereket...
Today was a perfect autumnal day in Glencoe, with a few clouds swirling revealing blue skies, cool temperatures in the shade yet warm in the sunshine, dry(ish) rock and stags roaring in the glens....
Ken: This week sees us running our final 4 day Skye Munros Course of the season and we’re on track to summit all 11 Munros along the ridge, with Sgurr nan Gillean, Am Basteir and Bruach na...
Every time I climb North Buttress on Buachaille Etive Mor, I’m reminded just how good it is and how sustained and adventurous the terrain is. The scrambling starts low down on the mountain,...
Ken: Back on home turf today. I was out with Phil, who has been chomping at the bit to climb more classic mountaineering routes in Scotland since he was last up on Skye with me last year. The...
Today, Dave and I took our intrepid team to the southern end of the Black Cuillin where we reached the summits of Sgurr nan Eag, Sgurr Dubh Mor and Sgurr Alasdair, before descending the Great...
