Blog Entries from West Coast Mountain Guides
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Last Update: Thursday, April 19, 2018 - 18:20
Ken: For Sebastian’s final day, we braved the rain and made our way up to the East Ridge of the North Top of Stob Ban. Fortunately, the rains eased during the morning, and our ascent of the...
Ken: I was back out with Sebastian, and working for Peak Mountaineering, today, and we decided to go for Castle Ridge on Ben Nevis. The day started off dry, but the drizzle soon set in, giving us a...
Ken: The weather turned out to be much better than the forecasts suggested; the winds decreased through the day and the rain held off. I was out with Sebastian, working for Peak Mountaineering....
(Steve) It was lovely on Castle Ridge today. Nick and I enjoyed the ascent in warm sunshine whilst the majority of the North Face was shrouded in mist. No crampons required and not too much greasy...
The cloud had rolled in overnight shrouding most of the hills by day break. Thankfully there wasn’t much precipitation falling from the sky but things felt damp and slushy both on Ben Nevis...
Ken: Something a bit different today. Andy, Will and I thought we should finally get round to skiing the gullies on the West Face of Aonach Mor, and we couldn’t have asked for a better day on...
(Steve): We’ve had some great weather in recent days, enough sunshine to be climbing rock in t-shirts at times. I was back down the Glen this time with Nick who was keen as mustard straight...
Ken: I was back out today with Robert, whilst working for Abacus Mountain Guides. I think that we managed to find the cloudiest area of Lochaber today: the Grey Corries. We hit the cloud at about...
Ken: Whilst the freezing level has remained above the summit for a few days now, the lack of rain has ensured that snow loss up high has been fairly minimal. I was out working for Abacus Mountain...
Ken: Bit of a change from a couple of days ago, as the temperatures have crept up, but not excessively so just yet. I was out, working for Abacus Mountain Guides, with Ed, Pierre, Alistair and Stu,...