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31
Mar
31st March 2019

End of a Great Winter Season

This weekend was the last winter course we have run and I’m proud to say that we have introduced 53 people to winter mountaineering. It has been a challenging winter from the start. There wasn’t a lot of snow to start with in January and as much as fell in February it was just skin...
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22
Mar
22nd March 2019

New Kit for 2019 Summer Season

We are always trying to improve what we offer on equipment and have only the highest quality kit. So we bought a few new bits of equipment for the new Summer season. Some of the new kit are a MSR Hubba Hubba NX tent. That would be in addition to our already existing MSR Access...
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18
Mar
18th March 2019

Is Winter Back?

After a 1 month absence of Winter with inversions and two figure temperatures on summits we seem to have winter back. The snow cover has recovered and it all looks and feels very wintry. The Winter skills course this weekend was pretty good with 2 people on it so we could get through the skills...
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15
Feb
15th February 2019

Avalanche Awareness

This was long due for me. I joined an avalanche awareness course, which was organised by the Chris Walker Memorial Trust. What a great course. In the morning we had a look at the theory of avalanches and some interesting statistics. in the afternoon we headed up to Coire an Lochain and made a large...
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07
Feb
7th February 2019

Proper Winter Conditions

This week has seen some really good winter conditions. We had a good cover of snow in most areas and even the Cairngorm Ski area is planning to open the top runs for the first time this season. There is still hope for a good winter. The walk in to Ciste Mhearad was a bit...
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31
Jan
31st January 2019

From Wet and Windy to Perfect Winter Conditions

The start of the 5 day winter mountaineering course was first wet on Saturday. We managed to find a decent spot for most of the skills. Sunday was pretty wild high up with winds of up to 70mph and blizzard conditions. Therefore we stayed low at the Glenmore forest and did a fair amount of...
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24
Jan
24th January 2019

First Snowhole of the Season

On Tuesday we have gone up to Ciste Mhearad for digging a snowhole and staying overnight. The original plan was to get up there on Monday but the wind was gusting up to 70mph. So that was a none-starter. The weather was just perfect for getting up to the Corrie and we started digging at...
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14
Jan
14th January 2019

Winter is Back

Looks like the snow has returned. Lets hope there is some more on the way.
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13
Jan
13th January 2019

First Scheduled Winter Skills Course of 2019 – Mild and Thin

So far this winter has been very mild apart from some good snowfall in October and December. The deep gullies still have some snow. However, even Easy Gully (Number 2) in Coire na Ciste is starting to get a bit thin on the snow. We really need some new snow. The course went really well...
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11
Jan
11th January 2019

Ciste Mhearad

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...
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