Guided walk along the CMD arete to the summit of Ben Nevis

Guided walk along the CMD arete to the summit of Ben Nevis

Winter climbing on Number 3 gully buttress, Ben Nevis

Ledge route and CMD arete on Ben Nevis in winter

Tower ridge, Ben Nevis

CMD arete, Ben Nevis

Ledge Route, Ben Nevis

In part 2 of our Ben Nevis interest series through April i will focus upon the North Face of Ben Nevis in summer conditions, focusing...

If i could sum up today in 2 words it would be ‘wading‘ and ‘whiteout’ on Ledge route, Ben Nevis today. The day started bright and we had...

Today i was on Ben Nevis looking at mountaineering skills with other instructor Dave. But the most important lesson was to have robust...

Today winter returned to the Highlands, we ascended Ledge route on Ben Nevis and descended No.4 gully. With a very wet start to the day...

With a weather window of 1 morning in 2 weeks, it was good that going up Ledge Route on Ben Nevis was originally planned for today. We...

Today we aimed for the classic North East Buttress on Ben Nevis, maybe the lesser traveled of the main ridges but it still has some...

With a dry day forecast, Observatory ridge on Ben Nevis was the ridge to go for. You really need the rock to be dry on this ridge as...

With the first dry day after all the rain, Tower Ridge was a good choice and a classic mountaineering route in Scotland. The crags were...

Today was day 1 of 5 and we were on Ben Nevis. Plan A was Neptune gully, but after finding dodgy, cruddy ice that i was pretty...

Ledge route on Ben Nevis was my 4th ascent of the year on the mountain which is not bad considering its only the 4th January. With...

Tower Gully on Ben Nevis was very different to 5 days ago with hard snow and ice all the way with the drop in temperatures. Im glad that...

Ledge Route on Ben Nevis was the choice today, and what a difference from yesterday with the weather. Cold, blue skys and some snow...

Today i was up Tower Gully on Ben Nevis, probably the biggest patch of snow in the area at the moment. It was the guys 1st day out in...