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Guided mountain experiences and skills - Scottish Highlands, south central Scotland and the Lakes.

17/02/2026

Japow! Scotland may have been providing the goods these last couple of weeks but still nothing like the powder in Japan last month. Hokkaido was an amazing snowy playground where it seemingly never stops snowing for more than an hour at a time. Powder for days, free afternoon refills and all the tree skiing you could want, it lived up to all our expectations! So much off piste terrain to be accessed from the lifts. Also joined by Emily's pal Scotty and has dad Rob for a few days, shout-out to Rob for shredding all the same tree runs as us on skinny carvers from the rental shop.

16/02/2026

Making hay while the sun shines - the weather forecast on Friday and Saturday necessitated a last minute change of plans as you're not allowed to be a skier in Scotland and pass up two consecutive bluebird days with good snow coverage! Beinn Ghlas provided the goods on Friday when and I went to check it out, followed by a group ski when we were joined by and .lamont.37 for a journey over the Glen Feshie plateau to near the summit of Braeriach, a traverse which would be awful without snow cover but which was sublime with it!

11/02/2026

Class weekend in the mountains working for on Saturday and climbing in Glencoe with on Sunday. Summit gully on Stob Coire nam Beith provided good sport in an atmospheric location.

03/02/2026

A great weekend running a two day winter skills course for on the west coast. A well consolidated snowpack and colder temperatures on Saturday provided excellent conditions for practicing ice axe and crampon skills in Coire na Ciste, and lighter winds on Sunday allowed for a mountain journey over Stob Ban in the Mamores on the second day. We even got some views!

Thanks to EYW for organising, and to the participants for their enthusiasm - hopefully everyone now feels more confident to get out into the winter mountains, and are suitably inspired by the locations we visited!

01/09/2025

Arctic Norway - summer edition! Despite all the good weather in the UK causing it to be rainy and unsettled for most of our time there during August, we managed to make the most of what conditions allowed. Climbing, mountaineering, running, hiking, sea swimming, many saunas, cafes, hot tubs by the fjords and travelling round Lofoten in a ridiculous land yacht all featured.

Highlights included an ascent of Stetind, Norway's national mountain, scrambling the peaks above Reine in the far reaches of the Lofoten archipelago, a private spa by the sea at our amazing Airbnb in Ersfjordbotn, and if course wandering around rural Norway in full Highland dress to get the bus to Sofie and Louie's amazing wedding in Tromsø and the Villmarkssenter. Thanks and Louie for having us, and to Rachel and Marius for sharing their Airbnb with us!

31/07/2025

A great few evenings over the last couple of weeks running beginner and intermediate navigation courses for in the local Pentlands hills. Aimed at increasing knowledge and confidence in the use of a variety of navigation techniques, we discussed use of map and compass in both the planning stages and on the hill, as well as the benefits of a hybrid approach to navigation using heat maps, altimeters and phone apps to support decision making (without allowing them to take over!).

Some beautiful summer weather helped with plenty of opportunities to talk about the upland environment and enjoy the stunning purple heather and views at the same time. Two keen groups went away with new skills for their toolboxes and, hopefully, newfound enthusiasm for getting more involved in the navigation and decision making sides of the next walks they go on. Great to see people progressing and increasing in confidence.

Next steps - progressing onto navigation in poor visibility! Hopefully involving some night nav sessions later in the year when it's light less late.

24/07/2025

A great week spent up north in the Strath with and others. Based out of a grand old hunting lodge we had some great weather prompting some ace adventures - highlights include running the Lochaber Traverse, climbing the classic Ardverikie Wall, loads of swimming, some biking and even a bit of sailing. Plus some work for guiding some hardcore people around the last two of their nine (!) peak challenge in the early hours.

09/04/2025

Arctic Norway - nearly two weeks of ski mountaineering in the far north, the perfect antidote to what has been a very dry and lean season at home!

There was something of everything on this trip - from dreamy powder snow to hard packed neve and chopped up crud (but mainly dreamy powder!) Big mountain lines from summit to sea on the good weather days, tree skiing low down on the wilder ones. And even a little bit of XC skiing at the end (but we don't talk about that 🤫).

And plenty of brown cheese and salty fish paste on toast, northern lights and incredibly expensive beers besides.

Many thanks to .duncan for showing us around his backyard and taking us to all the best spots that aren't in any guidebooks. And of course as always for being the best adventure partner. And to Dan for joining in the fun even if he did fly back to the UK taking my ski boots with him.

Here's to future trips to Norway - it certainly won't be the last one ⛷️🗻❄️🏔️

20/03/2025

A stunning march weekend bikepacking around the cairngorms with . Might not have been very wintery (in fact it felt more like midsummer!) but at least the weather was amazing. A real mix of riding conditions from tarmac road, to gravel tracks, to loose and/or muddy techy single-track we travelled from Killiecrankie to the newly renovated Red House bothy and back via Glen Tilt and the high estate roads to it's east.

18/12/2024

It has been full on winter conditions in the mountains recently, and although most of it has thawed this week it will undoubtedly be back soon. Accessing the mountains in winter requires more and better equipment than in summer, navigation is harder, electronic devices run down their batteries quicker, there are more hazards to avoid and more that can go wrong, and emergencies are harder to manage.

On the flip side, the hills become a truly magical place in the winter and experiencing them at this time of year is unforgettable. Developing the skills to do this independently will make you a more rounded mountaineer with better judgement, and give you greater self confidence in both the hills and possibly life generally!

Winter skills courses available throughout the season - get in touch to book yours. And remember to always at this time of the year.

Mountaineering Scotland
Mountain Training
Scottish Mountain Rescue

23/09/2024

A grand late summer adventure in the Cairngorms yesterday on Eagle Ridge, Lochnagar, with Emily. A long desired tick for her and the second time on this classic route for me, just as good as the first time! Possibly the technically hardest of Scotland's classic ridges, Eagle Ridge is officially a Severe graded climb - but unlike most of the country's other ridges, this one is full on sustained climbing from start to finish without any of the easy linking terrain of other classics such as Tower Ridge. Featuring big exposure, some amazing positions, complex route finding and several sequences of climbing that are significantly harder than the grade would suggest this is definitely a route with teeth - but an amazing experience for the prepared!

University climbing club vehicle woes throwback vibes on the way home when Ems wing mirror was exploded by a rogue pheasant! Cue ziptying it back together in a dark farmyard at 11pm. Good times.

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