I'm here with the Cotswold Outdoor guys on the second Winter skills course run in conjunction with Plas Y Brenin in Glencoe. A week of a wide range of activities, from Mountain walking, general mountaineering and ice climbing.
Today the team I was with spent a happy day cramponing up Corrie na Tulaich on the flanks of Buachaille Etive Mor. The snow was nice and solid becoming very hard on the upper slopes of the mountain. A very useful range of crampon techniques and general mountain awareness issues were covered by the instructors, and a good time was had by all.
Today the team I was with spent a happy day cramponing up Corrie na Tulaich on the flanks of Buachaille Etive Mor. The snow was nice and solid becoming very hard on the upper slopes of the mountain. A very useful range of crampon techniques and general mountain awareness issues were covered by the instructors, and a good time was had by all.
Looking up the Corrie from half way up, we took the right hand gully
A water ice step provided some fun
Spicy climbing action
Descending back into the Corrie after a quick lunch on the summit of Stob Dearg
