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Category: Winter Mountaineering
BEN STARAV AND PERCY UNNA
Dominating the head of Loch Etive in the west, Ben Starav has two ribs off its summit. We went up the northern (right hand) rib on hard-frozen snow. Then across the summit area to a long narrow east ridge which rises to the subsidiary top. The first rib rears up… Continue reading
Cogne – Feb 2022
Hopefully just a short report (although it does cover 6 days), as nothing particularly eventful occurred, but I thought that others in the club might be interested if they were planning something similar…When you mention winter climbing to most people, images and memories of spending hours driving to Scotland, and… Continue reading
Winter Weekend 2020
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
A POSTCARD FROM BLENCATHRA 5 MARCH
EPHEMERAL CHASED
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
WINTER MIDWEEK SPECIAL
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
I will Norways love you
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
The Be-Knights of Glencoe: A Scottish Winter’s Tale
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
WIN SOME, LOSE SOME
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
