I was on am avalanche awareness training course ran by Keith Miller of the Scottish Avalanche Information Service and organised by the Chris Walker Trust. We spent the day in the class room and on the hill discussing and examining the factors that go into making an avalanche forecast and decision making using the Be Avalanche […]
Read more "Avalanche Training Course"I was working on an EICA Ratho winter climbing day today. The weather was very windy and there was lots and lots of drifting snow under a strong southerly wind. Sam and I binned the idea of climbing in the corrie as the thought of wind slab on the approaches and exits of the climbs […]
Read more "Fiaciall Ridge"More snow today – we didn’t venture on the hill but spent the day in the Lodge looking at mixed climbing movement skills, and transfer rock climbing movement skills into ice and mixed climbing – excellent session! End of the MIC training today – excellent week! SAIS issued another high 4 today – loads of […]
Read more "More snow…"Lots of fresh snow today and strong winds- not a day to be in the mountains. Today we spent the day looking at avalanche assesment and using snow belays in a mountaineering context and also short-roping on snow. No photos from today, but Mark Diggins from SAIS walked past and took some photos which may […]
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