Winter So Far
It’s been a winter of contrasts with mild, wet weather and now this settled cold period. Some photos from Ben Nevis, Aonach Mor and Glencoe
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Aonach Mor
David and Donald report great conditions climbing on Aonach Mor today. 6″ ice screws in full depth on marginal ice.3ft snow on route so heavy going getting down easy gully. Considerable avalanche risk on powder but route consolidated at the top.
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Lee picked me up from Edinburgh Airport and we headed to the West Highlands, braving the weather. Saturday was spent in the Icefactor sharpening our technique. On Sunday we took the Aonach Mor gondola, staying away from north easterly aspects we opted for the west face. We enjoyed fantastic soft water ice, nothing like one […]
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Mike, Glenn and I headed up to Beinn an Dothaid today. The road up was treacherous with large patches of black ice at Strathyre and beyond. We climbed the first pitches of West Butress, but the turf just wasn’t in good condition and the entire route was dripping. It made the going very slow, so […]
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