Mountaineering in the Cairngorms with a spring feel Its been a great and busy March with plenty of winter for delivering winter courses. Although there has been a few hints at spring in the last couple of weeks the mountains have hit back as we end the month with some new snow and low temperatures. Its been a great winter with some great cover, certainly compared with last winters very low snow levels we have what felt much more like a normal winter. Spring mountaineering in

Jo enjoying superb sun soaked skiing on the back of Cairngorm, as good as it gets The sun has been out, it was starting to get a little repetitive the constant strong South Easterlies but the wind has been dropping and some spectacular days in the mountains. There is some great cover in the mountains at the moment and the Cairngorms in particular is extremely snowy at the moment giving perhaps much better skiing than climbing at the moment. The Northern Corrie's are pretty bu

Practicing front pointing on icy smears in Glencoe Its been a busy and very wintry start to the year through January and now early February for us which hasn’t allowed much time to post on the blog so a quick catch up. After last years exceptionally lean season this one has been a refreshing change to more normal winter weather. Good amounts of snow lie in the mountains at the moment with the snowpack building nicely along with full gullies and the right recipe for ice. This

Si Cherret topping out on the FA of Modus III.4 Stac Pollaidh NW Highlands Its been a promising start to the winter with some nice early winter conditions coming and going since late October. The last freeze which seemed to have been nationwide was a more meaningful start to the winter giving plenty of winter climbing options and even a piste day at Cairngorm Mountain and the upper slopes still remain open at the time of writing. Its often hard to know when the snow and colde

Late evening light on the Northern End of the Cuillin Ridge, Am Bastier and Sgurr nan Gillian It's been a busy start to the summer hence a blank in the blogs. We have been out and about running plenty of courses and trips both on Skye and the mainland. As I currently type we have been over on Skye with different things running where its felt pretty chilly in the mountains. Not abnormal to be getting some snow and cold temperatures through April & May. The spring seemed to ki

Sunshine and warm rock, Reiff North West Highlands The weather has certainly switched to spring and summer in the Highlands. After a...

Coming to the end of Number 4 Gully and also the end of the winter season for Highland Guides The last dance! The weekend of skills and...

Tony and Tom moving up a springlike Number 4 Gully on Ben Nevis Ive just had a great day with Tom and Tony on Ben Nevis where we went to...

Tammy, Phill and Kevin on top of the Ben Nevis in some typically Scottish conditions Our summit and skills Nevis Weeknd was perhaps over...

Kamilla coming through the 'Window' on Creag Meagaidh Some nice days out on the hill recently albeit stormy at times. We have had a...