Blog Entries from West Coast Mountain Guides
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Two more days, six more Munros bagged. Yesterday, with tired legs and various niggles, we were a slightly denuded team. A fresh dusting of snow blanketed much of the Cuillins first thing in the...
With rain due for sometime in the afternoon, we decided to have a shorter day, by tackling Sgurr a'Ghreadaidh and Sgurr a'Mhadaidh, which worked out well, as we were down just before the...
With such a good weather forecast, Steve and I thought that we should capitalise on it, by tackling Sgurr Mhic Choinnich, The In Pinn and Sgurr na Banachdich for the first day of our four day Skye...
Not all in one day by one team I hasten to add! This is what our teams have been up to over the past couple of days. I've been enjoying some ski touring in the Alps and en-route home, met Ruth...
Some years, the transition from winter to summer seems to take a while, whereas others, it seems to happen almost overnight and this year is definitely one of the latter. The weather in the...
With the longer daylight hours and an amazing spell of excellent weather, our thoughts have now well and truly turned to our spring and summer mountaineering courses in the Scottish Highlands.
We...
I was back out with Marcin and Pawel today and with such a good forecast and cooling temperatures, we ventured back up to Ben Nevis to see what was on offer.
There's a reasonable amount of...
The forecast for 30 March – 8 April must be one of the best looking periods for winter climbing this season
We still have availability over the next couple of weeks, so if you’re not...
Jamie has been out with us a number of times over the years, slowly building up his skill set and experience. Jamie also gains sponsorship for these trips, to support the Teddy Bear Childen Support...
Uncertainty, adventure, spindrift, strong winds, snow, poor visibility, good ice, bad ice, firm snow, soft snow. Yep, we had it all today and it was great to be out in it.
I was out with Chris, who...
