tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47086470051683292302024-03-05T11:50:22.319+00:00Winter and Rock Climbing ConditionsPaul Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088495824564781417noreply@blogger.comBlogger305125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708647005168329230.post-41340922406078819572016-02-17T19:18:00.000+00:002016-02-17T19:18:12.504+00:0017-02-16, Aonach Eagach, Glen Coe - Winter Mountaineering<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After a mini thaw, wet, stormy weather of yesterday, lush weather has resumed today in Glen Coe. Aonach Eagach was in a fine winter condition, some new snow, some old snow and ice surviving, gentle breeze, improving visibility. Leo and I had a great time on the traverse.<br />
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<br />Paul Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088495824564781417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708647005168329230.post-39000324583486359012016-02-15T17:47:00.001+00:002016-02-15T17:47:33.931+00:0015-02-16, Buachaille, Glen Coe - Winter Mountaineering<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another excellent day in the west highlands today; cold, crisp, great visibility and sunshine. The boys from Bolton have done well. We split into two teams, I walked up the ridge to the right of Coire na Tulaich and ascended Stob Dearg and Stob na Doire, Adam took two of the more experienced lads up Curved Ridge, we met up for the walk down.<br />
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<br />Paul Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088495824564781417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708647005168329230.post-76440046560676229662016-02-14T17:56:00.000+00:002016-02-14T17:56:27.183+00:0014-02-16, Glen Coe - Winter Mountaineering<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunshine on Gear Aonach ridge.</td></tr>
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The good current run of cold days has continued in the Scottish Highlands. I have spent the past couple of days working on winter skills with different groups, in Cairngorms and Glen Coe. The easterly winds have provided some interesting wind slab on different aspects from the usual. Today I ascended some icy Zig Zags on Gearr Aoanach with lads from Bolton Grammar School. The boys did well, seeing as most of them have never worn a harness. We had a good day yesterday working on essential movement skills with boot, axe and crampons around Stob Coire nam Beith.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aonach Eagach looking in fine wintry condition.</td></tr>
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Paul Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088495824564781417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708647005168329230.post-5547722252889470662016-02-10T21:28:00.000+00:002016-02-10T21:28:10.886+00:0010-02-16, Torridon, Glen Carron - Winter Mountaineering<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have just spent 3 days in North West Highlands, Munro bagging with Simon. It is wintry over there, with snow above 600m, plenty of rime on the rocks, not so much ice however. The freezing level seemed to rise to or above the summits most days making the snow turn heavy by midday. We had a great time on Beinn Alligin, Liathach and Beinn Lieth Mhor-Sgorr Ruadh, despite the visibility not always showing Torridon in its fine glory!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Northern Pinnacles, Liathach.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Descending on Horns of Alligin.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Horns of Alligin.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">About as close to sunshine as we got from Monday!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coire Lair.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Liathach on the way up Spidean Coire Leith.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the Liathach Pinnacles.</td></tr>
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Paul Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088495824564781417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708647005168329230.post-51526573328780080562016-02-06T19:54:00.001+00:002016-02-06T19:54:58.391+00:0006-02-16, Ben Nevis - Winter Climbing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Some good ice still about on Ben Nevis, plenty of new windblown snow as well as avalanches in number 3 gully and observatory gully. We climbed Number 3 gully buttress which was nice with good snow/ice all over it. Poor visibility for most of the day, but frozen conditions looked good!<br />
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<br />Paul Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088495824564781417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708647005168329230.post-34184111291526875102016-02-04T19:49:00.000+00:002016-02-04T19:49:33.785+00:0004-02-16, Stob Coire nan Lochan, Glen Coe - Winter Climbing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A warm day in Glen Coe, We climbed Raeburn's Route, slightly slushy snow, but climbable as always. Plenty of teams on Dorsal Arete. Freezing level was well above the summits.<br />
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<br />Paul Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088495824564781417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708647005168329230.post-67525380616673654822016-02-03T18:56:00.000+00:002016-02-03T18:56:41.426+00:0003-02-16, Buachaille, Glen Coe - Winter Climbing<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Lovely weather today in West Highlands. light winds, cold great views of snowy mountains. Plenty of soft snow about, made Curved Ridge slightly arduous, but it was still good. Some wind slab about on NE aspects, tops mixed, verglassed rocks, dry rocks, hard neve, hard wind slab. The descent down Coire na Tulloch was hard neve, but low down the soft snow hid the boulders and holes in the gully!<br />
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Views of Ben Nevis North Face from today. A late walk up to CIC hut, most folk who had been climbing said it was fairly wild most of the day!<br />
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A welcome return to winter and 2 very different days this weekend. Saturday was especially buffeting, we did however manage to get some essential winter skills covered on Buachaille Etive Beag. Today was much nicer weather, we traversed Stob Coire nan Lochan. Many teams climbing on the buttresses, lots of new snow about in the coire and in the gullies, summit tops quite scoured from the wind.<br />
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A day with freezing level forecast below the summit for a change! We walked into Ben Nevis up high to find something. BMC international meet this week, many had the same idea. Queues on Gargolye Wall, Sioux Wall, Hobgoblin, some people attempting routes on Trident Buttress, gave up and a cheeky French team climbing a black Cornucopia/Secret. Green Gully looked possibly climbable, Number 3 Gully Buttress looked good. We climbed something unknown higher than Winter Chimney at about grade III. To summarise nothing was frozen!<br />
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Paul Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088495824564781417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708647005168329230.post-77601845433330590712016-01-23T16:14:00.001+00:002016-01-23T16:14:02.153+00:0023-01-16, Ben Nevis - Winter Mountaineering<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The thaw has continued. As to be expected the snow line has risen and is heavily saturated at all levels, ice has melted, buttresses are very black. Rich and I walked up to Coire na Ciste on Ben Nevis up Number 3 Gully. We passed some unclimbable drippy ice on The Curtain, there had been some avalanches near Garadh Gully, Number 2 Gully and under Trident buttress. A team looking to head up Green Gully! Several teams climbing Number 3 Gully Buttress and a team un successful on an out of condition Thompson's Route. It was dry and breezy, but warm.<br />
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<br />Paul Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088495824564781417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708647005168329230.post-87763519114768841622016-01-21T17:29:00.003+00:002016-01-21T17:29:45.411+00:0020-01-16, Cairngorms - Ski TouringI have spent to past couple of days ski touring in Cairngorms. Wednesday was ace, cloud free summits most of the time, no wind, great snow. Today not so good, quite a breeze, with plenty of snow movement. It has been great but the thaw and rain forecast may put a stop to the fun for a little while.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Paul Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088495824564781417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708647005168329230.post-39839791044540779862016-01-19T17:49:00.002+00:002016-01-19T17:49:30.294+00:0019-01-16, Glen Shiel, West Highlands - Ski Touring<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another claggy day, saturated snow at most levels. Bastien and I hoped for some fine munro bagging and ski touring in Glen Shiel on the mountains north of Loch Cluanie, however very poor visibility meant we decided to finish earlier than planned. We skinned up Coire nan Clach to Carn Ghluasaid and skied down.<br />
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Paul Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088495824564781417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708647005168329230.post-58120485478065332822016-01-18T22:14:00.000+00:002016-01-18T22:14:23.066+00:0017-01-16, Applecross, North West Highlands - Winter Mountaineering<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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A change of scenery, we left Skye and headed to Beinn Bhan on Applecross. Clouds were fairly set in but rose well above the summits by midday, Skye was still looking gloomy. We did the traverse of a' Chioch, which we have done before but still a spectacular mountaineering day out. Ice appeared to be forming but routes like Silver Tear are well off, and March Hares Gully was full of soft unconsolidated snow.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plenty of snow on the way down.</td></tr>
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Paul Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088495824564781417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708647005168329230.post-47347113573191650922016-01-18T13:45:00.000+00:002016-01-18T13:45:40.807+00:0016-01-16, Skye, North West Highands - Winter Mountaineering<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Winter Cuillin Ridge Bruach na Frithe to Sgurr a' Ghreadaidh.</td></tr>
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A great visibility forecast for the weekend and knowing there was plenty of snow about, we headed to Skye to do some winter mountaineering. Unfortunately Saturday was cloudy, snowy and 30mph winds, the visual beauty of the Cuillin wasn't there for us but the terrain up the NE ridge of Sgurr a' Bhasteir and down the NW of Bruach na Frith, did give us all a great sustained, interesting journey. Plenty of unconsolidated snow about everywhere.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A nice snow arete across the ridge between Sgurr a' Bhasteir and Am Basteir.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plenty of interest on the way down the NW ridge of Bruach na Frithe.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snowy peaks in Glen Shiel on the drive through.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Forcan Ridge, The Saddle, Glen Shiel.</td></tr>
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Paul Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088495824564781417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708647005168329230.post-21846760710685472942016-01-15T09:53:00.000+00:002016-01-15T09:53:01.975+00:0014-01-16, Stob Binnein - Ben More, Southern Highlands - Ski Touring <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ascending Stob Binnein from the south.</td></tr>
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An excellent day of Scottish ski touring in Southern Highlands. I spent most of the day trying to keep up with Steve but it was cracking weather for my first day in Scotland this season. We had skins on from the van skinned up the northerly valley to Stob Binnein approaching the summit from the south. The 300m ski descent off Stob Binnein's NW aspect was magnificent, steady angle, good regular snow. Skiing off the side of Ben More was slightly more interesting, less good snow, a few cliffs to negotiate. At the end we had a few kms to walk on the forest track.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trying to keep up!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Good snow cover, descent off eastern flanks of Ben More.</td></tr>
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Paul Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088495824564781417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708647005168329230.post-28857992535404015812016-01-06T14:54:00.000+00:002016-01-06T14:54:51.710+00:00Spring/Summer/Autumn 2015A lack of blogging for most of 2015 after the Scottish
2014/15 season, ready in anticipation for this season to start! Here are a few
photos of some climbing from 2015. I have mainly been working in <st1:place w:st="on">North Wales</st1:place> on a combination of multi-activity
residential school trips, family holidays and mountain skills courses,
navigation, scrambling and rock climbing. We have had a big house project on
for most of 2015 so trips away have been limited, but we did manage to get to
Picos de Europa in Northern Spain during September and a News Years
climbing/skiing trip to Cogne/Aosta valley in <st1:place w:st="on">Northern
Italy</st1:place>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cervinia, Skiing, had to go up high for the snow!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Imitator, Gogarth, Main Cliff, North Wales.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Classy belay on Shadow Wall, Carreg Wasted, Llanberis Pass, North Wales.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Climbing quietly on Route 66, Craig y Forwyn, North Wales.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Icarus, Rhoscolyn, Gogarth, North Wales.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Britomartis, Gogarth, North Wales.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Picos de Europa, Spain.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grassy Alps and pointy limestone peaks in Picos de Europa, Spain.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Magnificent El Naranja, Picos de Europa, Spain.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Naranja, Picos de Europa, Spain.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mass of Limestone high ground, Picos de Europa, Spain.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ice Climbing, Cogne, Italy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alpine ski resorts in much need of some more snow news year day 2016.</td></tr>
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Paul Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088495824564781417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708647005168329230.post-64334699018203174132015-02-19T17:31:00.001+00:002015-02-19T17:32:22.215+00:0019-02-15, Ben Nevis - Winter Climbing and Mountaineering<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have been working with some students from Bolton Grammar School the past 4 days. Monday and Tuesday we have been enjoying the ice on Ben Nevis, Harrisons Climb, Waterfal Gully, Curtain Rail and some ice lines in the Gulch. Yesterday was very warm and rainy so the Ice Factor fitted the bill. Today we went up Ledge Route to the summit, in some full on winter conditions. Many of the ice lines above 900m have stayed in tack, Compression Cracks, Boomers, Harrisons, Shroud!, Curtain are hanging in there, CIC hut falls, Gulch ice, Waterfall Gully, Gemini, Shield have not. A lot of wind blown snow at the top of number 4 gully with a wispy cornice.<br />
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<br />Paul Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088495824564781417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708647005168329230.post-53826134349690760592015-02-15T18:46:00.001+00:002015-02-15T18:46:43.703+00:0015-02-15, Ben Nevis - Winter Climbing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nordwand today on Ben Nevis. A good long ice climb with some snowy rambling in between the ice pitches.<br />
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<br />Paul Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088495824564781417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708647005168329230.post-892972161458309532015-02-08T17:20:00.000+00:002015-02-08T17:20:07.946+00:0008-02-15, Glyder Fach, Snowdonia - Winter Climbing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am back in Wales for a week and what a week! The conditions not quite as ace as in Scotland but there is some wintry climbing about. The high pressure weather makes the mountains feel magical. Dave and I went to Glyder Fach today and climbed some mixed turfy lines on the left hand side of the main cliff. Rock at that altitude not rimed, snow and turf was frozen at the start of the day. You probably have to head higher tomorrow.<br />
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<br />Paul Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088495824564781417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708647005168329230.post-20295481837714656582015-02-07T15:01:00.000+00:002015-02-07T15:01:01.491+00:0006-02-15, Creag Meagaidh - Scottish Ski Touring<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A fantastic day ski touring on Creag Meagaidh. Up and down Moy Burn, fine views of all over the west, north, east and central highlands. The snow softened nicely in the sun to give a fun ski down also!<br />
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<br />Paul Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088495824564781417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708647005168329230.post-40458487376983841962015-02-05T20:28:00.001+00:002015-02-05T20:28:36.063+00:0004-02-15, Beinn a' Bheithir, West Highlands - Winter Mountaineering<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another 2 Munros in the bag for Simon today. Ballachulish horseshoe gave a great day with fine views.<br />
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<br />Paul Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088495824564781417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708647005168329230.post-40369807298571506502015-02-02T18:21:00.001+00:002015-02-02T18:21:27.755+00:0002-02-15, Stob Ban, Mamores - Winter Mountaineering<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A lovely day in Lochaber today, cold and calm winds. We had a slightly late start, picking Simon up off the train, we headed to Glen Nevis and went up and down the North ridge on Stob Ban. After the initial steep slog through shin deep soft snow we had some fine firm snow on the slopes and an excellent snow arĂȘte. There was loads of wind slab on the east side of the ridge.<br />
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<br />Paul Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088495824564781417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708647005168329230.post-67573572421458743272015-02-01T21:59:00.000+00:002015-02-01T21:59:47.898+00:0001-02-15, Coire an t-Sneachda, Cairngorms - Winter Mountaineering<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have been working in the Cairngorms this weekend on a mountaineering course. Lots of snow arrived Friday evening, making movement through the snow an issue! Today was less windy and with some visibility. We walked into Coire an t-Sneachda and up the goat track. Most of the coire is scoured, with hard icy snow on approaches apart from the Fiaciall Buttress which has an extensive band of wind slab across the approach slopes.<br />
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<br />Paul Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16088495824564781417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708647005168329230.post-70663607047772356932015-01-30T16:44:00.001+00:002015-01-30T16:44:17.019+00:0030-01-15, Stob Coire nam Beith, Glen Coe - Winter Mountaineering<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another good weather day in Glen Coe. Winds were light, maybe slightly warmer today but still cold enough for lots of snow to be around. After yesterdays experience of firm, consolidated, hard snow on W/NW/N aspects on Beinn a' Beithir, we had (perhaps optimistically) hoped that Summit Gully on Stob Coire nam Beith may have a similar hard snow within. We managed to get maybe 1 quarter of the way up this 450m grade I/II gully climb, before we could no longer avoid very deep unconsolidated wind blown snow at a narrowing. We were sensible and descended as getting involved in that snow on that terrain would be very unwise!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aonach Eagach.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Approaching Summit Gully.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Too much unavoidable deep soft new snow on a hard base!</td></tr>
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