In very poor visibility, with spindrift flailing across the mountains, we completed a New Year's Day traverse of Ben Nevis up the tourist track and down the CMD. There was some very exciting nav across the final 1/3 of the climb, and the descent off of the ridge was fairly epic. Many thanks to Charlie Beard for all of these photos. Happy 2012!
Warmer and wetter - so we wandered up Glencoe's nipple in the driving rain for a spot of Soplica and cake on the summit. The ascent was helped by some poor navigational decisions through a woody bog, but luckily the views on the top were worth the climb...
Today was another cold and white day, so I took Martha and Naomi along the Sron Na Lairig ridge. They didn't seem too tired after we summitted, so we completed the day with a traverse around to Bidean Nam Bian and a hitch back up the road to the car. Exhausting, but brilliant!
Intense spindrift and driving winds gusting up the gully gave it quite a Scottish feel. Some interesting freezing belays, I've never had so much ice frozen across my face before. A great introduction to Scottish winter climbing for Cat and Louise!
Walked off in a full-on white out back to the ski car park
