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1st April 20200

COVID 19

Just like every other outdoor and tourism outfit in the UK we have closed shop since late March 2020. These are very testing times for most businesses. The outdoors are no exception and due to the nature of providing outdoor activities and the close proximity with clients we may not see a change in opening for activities for a little while yet. We just want to assure anyone who has...
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5th March 20200

Nice Weather After All

Last weekend would be the first time this winter when I didn’t have to battle into the wind and we even managed to have lunch breaks. On Saturday we went into Coire Ciste and did some of the slipping, tripping and sliding skills, while on Sunday we walked into Coire an t-Sneachda for all the other basic winter skills. As this was a 5 day course we had a good...
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26th February 20200

Storm Dennis “the Menace”

This year winter has been a wee bit slow to arrive but with storm Ciara and the Dennis, it eventually has. The 2 storms were at 2 consecutive weekends in February, which also meant that running a course was rather challenging. On one day we only managed to walk 10 metres from the cars and had to turn around in the wind. When it all settled down I managed to...
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10th February 20200

Storm Ciara

Last weekend we had some pretty strong winds in the hills, which made the course a little more tricky to run. However, we managed to fit it all in. On Saturday we went up the ski area at Coire Cas and went through all the walking, cutting steps, kicking step, crampons and avalanche awareness bits of the course. The gusting wind made it a challenge at time and there was...
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31st January 20200

First 5 Day Winter Mountaineering Course of 2020

This Winter has started pretty slowly and hasn’t done much in regards of snow over the last few weeks. However, in January there is always enough to do to run a winter mountaineering course in the Cairngorms. For the first 2 days we went up Coire Ciste and to Ciste Mhearad to do the basic winter skills. Due to the high winds we only managed to do a short walk...
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