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    • Hit and Miss but Always Stunning in Torridon
    • Left or Right? Unsure and off Centrist, Lochnagar
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    • A Day Off on the Dubh Loch – Cyclops
    • A Tale of Two Halves – Chamonix 2015 Trip Report
    • Blood, Sweat and Slopers – Pas de Friction in Font
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    • Hot Rock on the Etive Slabs and Garbh Bheinn
    • Alpine on An Teallach
    • Perfect Conditions – Winter Sun in Fontainebleau
    • West Is Best – Classic Ice on Ben Nevis
    • The Drool, Eagles Rock
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Category Archives: Ice

Spring Ice Perfection on Hadrian’s Wall Direct, Ben Nevis

4 Apr
A deep thaw followed by a rapid refreeze in late March saw the high ice routes on Ben Nevis come into superb condition. So when a perfect weather day appeared in the forecast it was a done deal – Andy...
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An Ice Surprise – Accidental New Routing on Lurcher’s Crag

28 Feb
Westerly storms had battered the Scottish hills for more than a week, but at least temperatures had fallen and ice had started to form. In these conditions, Lurcher’s Crag in the Northern Cairngorms can be blasted clear of powder and...
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Gripped for days in Rjukan

26 May
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Seeing the Light on Deep Cut Chimney, Hell’s Lum

24 Feb
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The Dog’s Danglies on K9 and Window Gully

20 Feb
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Hit and Miss but Always Stunning in Torridon

18 Feb
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West Is Best – Classic Ice on Ben Nevis

15 Feb
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Wild ice in a wild place – The Drool, Eagles Rock

25 Jan
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Sun, snow and summits – Chamonix trip report

22 Sep
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A precursory glance

2 Aug
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Recent Posts

  • Spring Ice Perfection on Hadrian’s Wall Direct, Ben Nevis4 April 2022
  • An Ice Surprise – Accidental New Routing on Lurcher’s Crag28 February 2022
  • Hell Bent for Winter on Judas Priest, Lochnagar6 December 2021
  • A Menagerie on Dinosaur Pink Elephant, Creag an Dubh Loch3 September 2021
  • Less Hesitation on The Pause, Etive Slabs6 July 2021

Recent Comments

  1. David Marshall on Spring Ice Perfection on Hadrian’s Wall Direct, Ben Nevis

    Nice one Dave and Andy. Sounds like a superb route!

  2. Bob Licznerski on Spring Ice Perfection on Hadrian’s Wall Direct, Ben Nevis

    A great account of your Hadrian Wall adventure. Helpful too for the future :-) Thanks for sharing, and well done.

  3. Iain Clark on Spring Ice Perfection on Hadrian’s Wall Direct, Ben Nevis

    A great route, and good write up. I did it around the same time of year with an early start.…

  4. Dave M on Less Hesitation on The Pause, Etive Slabs

    Looks awesome Dave. Well done!

  5. Olympus Mountaineering on Maximum Granite Weirdness on the Dubh Loch Monster

    Very nice post with nice photos and stunning views! Particularly the photo in the "psychological" crux. Well done.

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