Checked out the snow conditions at Ciste Mhearad yesterday to see if there is a chance to do some snowholing next week. The is an existing snowhole at the west side, near an old avalanche. There you get about 2.5m depth of snow. At the opposite side you get one spot with about 3m depth but this would need a bit of cooling as it doesn’t look very stable. All...Read More
Last weekend a delivery from Grivel arrived. We have decided that this season we will upgrade some of our winter equipment. This meant to splash out on some good money on shiny Grivel crampons, ice axes, crampon extenders and crampon bags. What we got are: Grivel Ice AxesGrivel G12 CramponsGrivel AirTech Crampons 1 Grivel AirTech Evo Ice axe (53cm)1 Grivel G1 Ice axe (53cm)3 Grivel G12 NewMatic Crampons (C2)2 Grivel...Read More
October saw some pretty windy conditions, just to finish off a rather windy season. However, there was a weather window which we managed to use and the Saturday saw some really nice weather with a lot of seals. We paddled from Kyleakin up the coast to Plockton and then stopped for the night at Duncraig Cove. Before that we made a little visit at the Highland Farm to have a...Read More
This year Unexplored Scotland has been sea kayaking on Islay for the first time. The original plan was to circumnavigate the island and tick off some of the whisky distilleries on the way. The trip would have been a challenge with good weather but unfortunately, that was not to be. After 3 glorious days of good weather, whisky distilleries at the shore and some wildlife the weather has turned. Force...Read More
This week was pretty windy with a constant South-Westerly wind around Skye. This meant that it was hard work paddling at times and that the areas we could go in 5 days was a bit limited. However, we managed to do quite a lot of good sea kayaking including a visit to Eilean Donan castle. We also encountered some friendly seals where we camped at the second night and saw...Read More
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