Today i was back on Ben Nevis. The aim was to reach the summit via the mountain track. In short we made it to about 800m where corner 2 is on the zig zags....

This weekend Wally and myself were delivering our Ben Nevis and Winter skills course over 2 days. It has been 2 different weather days: yesterday with Wally ...

Today i was on Ben Nevis looking at mountaineering skills with other instructor Dave. But the most important lesson was to have robust plan A, B and C. Plan ...

Today i aimed for Stob Corie nan Lochan for an introductory day in the snow and to have a good walk in Glencoe. The weather was noticeably warmer starting of...

Today we went to Glencoe for our second day of winter skills and what a contrast from yesterday. Firm ice and snow all the way up with patches of windslab, c...

Today was day 1 of our winter skills course and we had great weather and powder snow for it. I decided to go up Stob Ban in Glen Nevis, opposite Ben Nevis in...

Today i was on Buachaille Etive Beag also know as the wee Buachaille aiming for the munro of Stob Coire Raineach. This route worked well with the forecast of...

Today i was in Glen Coe with Abigail and Michael brushing up and introducing winter skills. There is some very hard going snow around at the moment with very...

Very cold on a winter skills day today with Blarney walking group from Ireland for West Coast Mountain Guides. With another easterly wind hitting the country...

Day 2 of winter skills for Steve Fallon and this time a very different day on Stob Ban, Glen Nevis. With high temperatures and a sunny forecast made for a go...

Today was day 1 of winter skills course for Steve Fallon. After a good level of planning this moring looking at the avalanche forecast and the weather we dec...

Winter Skills on Stob Ban, Glen Nevis today for Lochaber Guides.  Nigel was keen to get stuck into the hills after a week of Skiing. With supper cold tempera...

Buachaille Etive Beag was the mountain of choice today for Adrain and Rachel for Lochaber Guides. Having done a little bit of winter in the Lake District the...

Stob Ban in Glen Nevis was a good choice today for Sam and Douglas who picked up the basic skills quickly, which meant we could progress on to slightly more ...

Beinn an Dothaidh, Bridge of Orchy was the destination of choice today. I was out for Steve Fallon and his group from Gentian mountaineering club. The averag...

Day 2 of our winter skills and Ben Nevis course. With reports of very unstable snow in the Red burn at the half way point i made the decision to take it out ...

Today was day 1 of our winter skills and Ben Nevis course.  Today was all about introducing the basic winter skills needed to move around safely and efficien...

Today I was helping deliver an avalanche awareness day to Wessex mountaineering club for West Coast Mountain Guides. Casper and myself based the day around t...

Buachaille Etive Beag was the place to be today for Kirkhope Mountaineering.  Many other large parties had picked the hill for their winter skills as well, b...

Today was a winter skills day on Nevis Range, Aonach Mor. It is important to get the basics right before moving onto longer and more complex terrain in winte...