Blog Entries from West Coast Mountain Guides
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Today Dave was out teaching Euan and Fiona the magic of winter leading and sharing our passion for the Scottish mountains.
The biggest risk today was the amount of teams all heading to the same...
With more snow overnight and high winds forecast for after midday, we decided to stay low with vis and climbed the Spur on Sgurr An Fheadain. This great route is under graded at I and is easily a II...
Today we've been exploring the amphitheatre of the North Coire of Sgurr a Mhadiadh on the Isle of Skye.
Unfortunately the wind and poorly bonded snow ment we didn't explore the upper rake...
The thaw from last week hasn't left us with many route options, so for Neil and James' second day, we decided to go for Tower Ridge, a route that can be climbed in almost any condition and...
I was back on Ben Nevis today, this time with Neil and James and we climbed No. 3 Gully Buttress, which despite the thaw, was holding on to snow and ice quite well. The first pitch still has a short...
For Peter's final day, we enjoyed our third day of adventures on Ben Nevis and this time, rattled up North East Buttress. Despite the thaw, there was still quite a bit of snow on the easier...
With a bit of a thaw in progress, picking have been a bit slim over the past couple of days, but there are still some excellent adventures to be had, particularly on Ben Nevis.
I've been out...
I had a day off today, but wanting to make the most of the current conditions and also wanting to explore something off the beaten track, James and I had a quick hit on the North Face of Mullach nan...
Ken was out in South Gully on Stob Ban today teaching, and wishing he had his skis to get back down.
After posting this on British Backcountry there might be a few people dropping in and shredding...
Winter climbing conditions are quite tricky at the moment, with a fairly high freezing level and thin snow cover. Today's forecast didn't help an awful lot, with high winds due to come in...
