Any Winter Climbers? (Scotland)

A wee teaser from the new Scottish Winter Climbs North guide. Don’t get too excited it’s still a while away!

Glas Tholl, An Teallach.

Was up skiing at the weekend and had Monday free so I nipped into the lodge and asked if any of the staff happened to have the day off and want to climb.
Did the standard ” who are you and what’s the real reason you don’t have a partner to climb with ” dance with some random and then met up Monday morning.
Had a lovely chilled day in an t Sneachda doing a combo of Haston Line and Hidden Chimney. Really nice climbing and insane amounts of gear. She was exceedingly quick and competent and the ice was pretty good where needed. The cracks had been stripped of ice by the bright sun on Sunday evening, but the ice in the gully/ chimney was fine. Made for an excellent morning. Came down Jacobs and was back in the car driving home to Manchester by 14:15. Unheard of.

Apologies for the crap picture…

I might have missed this earlier in the thread but who are you and what’s the real reason you don’t have a partner to climb with?

)As in, what’s the answer I need to give to try that next time?)

Snow on Wyvis this morning. Just sayin’.

Very keen to get out this year….

Me too, fingers crossed it’s a better one than last year. Give me a shout if you make it to the NW or Gorms.

Thread resurrection time! Going to head out for a poke around on something non-turfy in Coire an Lochain tomorrow. Not holding out too much hope but it’s good to get the kit together and get used to the heavy bag.

If conditions come in this week I can take a day off should anyone need a partner. Not looking at serious grades, probably 4 tops.

I’m working all week unfortunately.

Just in and no more on the highest bits of Coire an Lochain today. Should improve over the next week though.

@spin Those photos are terrifying and inspiring in equal measure! Superb.

Fantastic photos, but honestly, looking at them lying on the couch, my stomach was trying to go into freefall!
I don’t mind heights, it’s being somewhere high with a big risk of an abrupt stop at the bottom!

Watched Ephemeral on Prime at the weekend. Great inspiration for the winter.

Watched Ephemeral on Prime at the weekend. Great inspiration for the winter.

Guy Robertson’s book is out at some point in the not too distant future. I think it’s called ‘Great Mixed Climbs of Scotland’. It sounds like the modern version of Cold Climbs, wee essays and inspirational photos.

Maybe, just maybe some scratching around this weekend

Not the best photos but an entertaining day in the NW. Not really in brilliant nick but we were rather limited in time and options.

Looks like lots of temperature fluctuations through the week so could be interesting by next weekend.