Brianne, David and I headed up to Coire Creagach of Sgairneach Mhor to look at mountaineering skills – moving on snow with axes and crampons. We also looked at snow belays – digging bucket seats and horizontal axes. Some big snow patches high up Interesting animal traps on the walk in. A colder start […]
Read more "Mountaineering in Coire Creagach"I’ve been working for Summit Ascent this weekend. On bright but breezy Saturday, Dave, Mel and I headed up to Coire na Ciste in the Northern Caringorms. Mel and Dave had never been out in winter before, never winter climbed, nor donned crampons, so we had a wander to find some hard, scoured snow […]
Read more "Breezy Cairngorms Climbing"Great photo from David of Donald walking into Coire an t’Sneachda this morning. A good dusting of snow but with high winds.
Read more "Cold, snowy and windy"Josh, Griffen and I headed up to Coire an Lochan in the Northern Coires hoping to find from hard snow and ice to climb. I reckoned after the meltdown last weekend and the temperature inversion this week, any surviving snow would be hard and icy. We were rewarded with some excellent hard snow and a fair […]
Read more "Ice in Coire an Lochain"Cracking day on Ben Nevis on Saturday – lots and lots of fresh snow, and more fell during the day. We climbed ledge route and added in lots of variation to make the climb harder in places and avoid areas of deep snow in places.
Read more "Ben Nevis"