Day 4 of our CIC Hut Week and Mark and myself took our teams to the opposite end of the mountain and climbed the brilliant Nordwand, which takes a long and direct line up the steep North Wall of The...
Day 4 of our CIC Hut Week and Mark and myself took our teams to the opposite end of the mountain and climbed the brilliant Nordwand, which takes a long and direct line up the steep North Wall of The...
We're running our CIC Hut Climbing Week on Ben Nevis this week and have had three brilliant days so far. Due to the distribution of snow and associated avalanche hazards, we've been...
As many of you will know we have had challenging conditions over the past week or so, and many teams out and about. This winter season is proving now to be an excellent one with large amounts of...
The snow has continued to fall and be redistributed by the winds, creating challenging conditions with regards to both avalanche hazards and just getting around. Yesterday, the guys led themselves...
Over the past three days, I've been running an Introductory Winter Climbing Course for Arie and Will, who are over from the Netherlands. They couldn't have asked for better conditions, as...
Day 4 with Nick and Chris and we headed back up Ben Nevis with our sights set on Castle Ridge, which Nick has done before, but as a bare rock route. Today, conditions were at the opposite end of the...
Nick, Chris and I had an early start this morning so that we stood a chance of beating both the crowds and the weather on Salamander Gully on Beinn an Dothaidh at the Bridge of Orchy. This tactic...
Ken is brilliant at keeping us up to date with his Jedi guiding, instruction and climbing skills, and he is a brilliant inspiration to the rest of team, if only every Boss was such an inspiration!...
After discussing a few options, Nick, Chris and I decided to go for D Gully Buttress on Buachaille Etive Mor today, which turned out to be great fun!
For some reason, it's not a route I had...