Winter Skills – Page 4

The Zig-Zags and Stob Mhic Mhartuin

Yesterday morning I drove from South Queensferry to Glencoe. This took five hours including two hours stuck in the snow on the A82 in Glencoe.

Euan 24/02/2015

Dinnertime Buttress/Number 2 Gully Link Up

Caroline, Chris, Tom and I visited Glencoe today. Following the recent snowfall and the forecast rapid rise in temperature, we opted to link Dinnertime Buttress

Euan 17/02/2015

Stob Mhic Mhartuin

Stob Mhic Mhartuin is located above the Devils Staircase in Glencoe. The lads and I had a great day out climbing this peak with great

Euan 16/01/2015

A Wild Day in Glencoe

Heavy snow arrived overnight and has continued throughout the whole day in Glencoe. This has been accompanied by strong winds and will be rapidly building

Euan 13/01/2015

Winter Skills, Drumochter

Greg, Jilly, Katherine, Mirsie and Sally-Anne from the Glasgow Hill Walking and Mountaineering Club and I were out on Geal-charn, Drumochter, today. We were looking

Wilf 22/02/2014

Beinn a Chrulaiste

The lads and I were back out in Glencoe today to continue our winter skills and avalanche awareness course. Masses of new snow had

Euan 12/02/2014

Beinn an Dothaidh

The lads from Ballachulish and I have been back out today to practise more winter skills. We visited Beinn an Dothaidh at the Bridge of

Euan 11/02/2014

Winter Skills in Glencoe

I have been out today with a team looking at winter skills such as crampon and ice axe use and avalanche rescue techniques. We carried

Euan 10/02/2014

White Corries

It was a beautiful, cold day in Glencoe today. This week I am assessing potential Winter Mountain Leaders. We visited the area around the Glencoe

Euan 11/02/2013

Beinn an Dothaidh & Beinn Dorain

Nic and I were out today with Mark doing a combined basic winter skills/introduction to winter climbing day for Ratho. We headed in to Coire

Wilf 03/02/2013

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