Over the weekend of the 6th to 8th of March and despite challenging and unpredictable weather throughout the winter season a team of seven club members headed north to Aviemore where, thankfully, decent winter conditions had established. Dave M and Steve M arrived a day early to climb on Friday … Continue reading
As ever the weather window for Scotland was dubious, but despite that Will and I headed North last weekend in the hope that we would find something in condition and the weather Gods would be kind and grant us at least one decent day. We were lucky, Saturday was dismal … Continue reading
The star attraction of our winter midweek special was Loch Ossian. At 1200 feet up in the heart of the Highlands, Ossian lies miles and miles and miles from any public road, in one of the quietest and most remote places in Britain. The Stag Parties here consist of a … Continue reading
In april, Lucile and I took our skis to the very north of Norway for 19 days of skitouring above the Fjords. Between 900 and 2500 high meter each day, from powder to hard packed snow. We joined a couple of happy friends that drove all the way from France … Continue reading
For a long weekend when the UK was gripped by “Beast from the East” fever, a few of us headed North by North West to make the most of the icy conditions in Scotland. The Beast had gripped the Country, but not the bit of North West Scotland where we … Continue reading
Stob Coire a’ Chearcaill in the Ardgour peninsula, stands proudly at the head of Gleann Chearcaill, looking directly across Loch Linnhe towards Fort Bill. On Saturday it gave us a clear circuit around both its ridges, whilst the mainland remained swathed in murk. The mountain sported some fairly mighty cornices … Continue reading
Almost two weeks ago, the frenchies went for their very first scottish winter trip. Conditions looked tricky, with a lot of fresh snow blown by the wind, and a thaw. But flexibility of the van and the fact that discovering prevailed on seeking hard routes made it a memorable trip. … Continue reading
Finally, the very last day of true winter offered good enough ground conditions for some skiing in the famous York area. Unfortunalty, Carr’s lane was in too salty conditions. The frenchies thus decided to go for the Millenium Bridge, for an attempt of the first linking of both North and … Continue reading
Sunday (25th Feb) was a pinnacle of good weather in the Lake District. The skies completely blue all day, almost no wind, the ground frozen, and hard neve in gullies and on north-facing ground. Steve Murray and I captured the mood of a relaxing and beautiful day by making our … Continue reading
