Winter Skills – 15th Dec Beginning of our winter courses

Winter Skills – 15th Dec15th December 2017Beginning of our winter coursesToday was the start of our 2017/18 winter programme and it was great to have Mark & team out in proper Scottish conditions; poor visibility, freezing cold and hard work in the deep snow!The team made their way into the flat ice in Coire an-t […]

Ski Touring, Cain Gorm

Ski Touring, Cain Gorm10th December 2017Best day of the season, so farWell, what a day in the Cairngorms. After a week of cold a stormy conditions things finally cleared up today and lots of folk were out enjoying wall to wall sunshine, snow covered mountains as far as the eye can see and…. snow!It’s typical […]

Winter Skills

Winter Skills3rd December 2017Yesterday was the start of our 2017/18 work season. Ed and Nick wanted some winter skills training ahead of a mini expedition they are doing. There has been lots of snow recently and very cold temperatures. Although it warmed up over the weekend, conditions have survived well and will only improve later this […]

Winter is coming

Winter is coming29th November 2017Lots of folk out enjoying the early season conditons with plenty of photos doing the rounds on social media!We’ve been busy bedding in our new webiste and taking bookings for our upcoming courses. We managed a trip out west today though and enjoyed looking at the snow (although not actually getting […]

Long may the good weather continue!

Long may the good weather continue!11th May 2017The weather of late has been great and we’ve been making the most of it. We’ve had returning clients out with us for some rock climbing and we’ve been devilering canoe coaching too. May is often one of the best months for having adventures (before the midges arrive) […]

Last of winter courses for 2017! #winterskills #ski touring #climbing #courses #introduction #cairngorms #Scotland

Last of winter courses for 2017! #winterskills #ski touring #climbing #courses #introduction #cairngorms #Scotland29th March 2017Whilst the recent weather has been great and hopefully a taste of what’s to come this summer(!), it hasn’t been great for winter mountaineering lovers. That said, hill walking conditions have been lovely and the existing snowpack offers excellent cramponing […]

The end of the season?

The end of the season?16th March 2017Of course it’s not! Just as you let your guard down to welcome Spring it can be almost guaranteed winter will bite again!The yo-yo’ing temperatures have been the continuing theme of this winter. That said, we’ve still managed to have some great days out as the photos show. Thanks to […]

Great conditions in the ‘Gorms (at last) #winterskills #ski touring #climbing #courses #introduction #cairngorms #Scotland

Great conditions in the ‘Gorms (at last) #winterskills #ski touring #climbing #courses #introduction #cairngorms #Scotland1st March 2017After a fairly driech weekend (well done to all those who survived and kept smiling) it’s turned out to be a really cracking week. For us it’s been more winter skills, winter mountaineering and ski touring. Although at times challenging, […]