Avoiding Denis

A very challenging period of weather over the last few days with Storm Ciara followed in quick succession by Storm Denis. Saturday saw the Firbush Winter Skills course head up the lower slopes of Ben More to find some sheltered snow. This sort of worked, but given the very strong winds and quantity of rain, […]

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Winter So Far

A frustrating winter to far with lots a thawing snow – some photos so far:   November: AMI short-roping training day in Glencoe (photos Simon Wells)     Late November: Back to the Buchallie for a wet scrambling day December: Winter staff training day at Firbush (Photos Firbush)       12th Jan: Winter Skills […]

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Winter Skills at Firbush

A weekend of two halves – Saturday was mild and wet and the team from Firbush Outdoor Centre with Tom and Stephen had a late start and headed up Beinn Sheasgarnaich to try and find some snow patches. I joined them on Sunday as the temperature dropped, bringing wind, snow and cold temperatures overnight. This […]

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