Mountain Lifestyle

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  • Scottish Ice Climbing and some professional development

    Scottish Ice Climbing and some professional development

    I’ve spent the weekend with the Association of Mountaineering Instructors at their winter meet in Fort William. A change to catch up on safety issues, technical advice and general professional development. I was very lucky to also get to climb a new route (for me) at the top end of Glen Coe, below a peak Read more

  • Buchaille Etive Beag

    Buchaille Etive Beag

    While the big storm was approaching from the south, I darted out of Wales and headed north to Scotland, where for once, the winds were forecast to be light and the weather settled (well, for a day or two anyway). It was good to be able to get a head start on the weather and Read more

  • Snowed in and digging out!

    Snowed in and digging out!

    Wow! More snow arrived again overnight – yesterday’s path clearance was all reset by the time we got up! By morning, it was well below freezing and the clear skies kept it that way oretty much throughout the day. We made a start at digging out the van, but much of the snow had frozen Read more

  • Winter Wonderland at The Cottage

    Winter Wonderland at The Cottage

    We woke up to a real surprise this morning! Blizzards and deep snow! The whole of the area here is buried in about 10cm of fresh fluffy snow and without any wind, the trees are laden, giving the place a real winter wonderland feel! There was no chance of getting the van or car off Read more

  • Hourglass Gully (Winter Grade I).

    Hourglass Gully (Winter Grade I).

    Bit different to our recent Greek sunrises this morning! I had to get the snow socks onto the car tyres to escape the snow covered Coed y Parc in the pre-sun rise gloom. The Ogwen Valley was already pretty full with abandoned cars on the road side, by by avoiding the iced up car parks, Read more

  • 2025 in Photos – A Highlights Review

    2025 in Photos – A Highlights Review

    According to the ‘Mountain Lifestyle’ website stats, 2025 has been quite the year, as documented in 191 Blog Posts. While our home base remains in North Wales, we’ve also travelled through some new parts of England and Wales this year, as well as venturing overseas. I spent almost all of April in the Arctic – Read more

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