Established in 1992 Talisman Mountaineering | Cairngorm Guides | Aviemore specialise in winter skills, climbing and guiding in the Cairngorms. This is a day to day OR monthly diary of what we get up to on our courses and the winter conditions in the Scottish mountains...!
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Tuesday, 18 February 2020
Saturday, 15 February 2020
Thursday, 6 February 2020
Sunday, 2 February 2020
Thursday, 30 January 2020
Winter Mountaineering and Winter Climbing Day 28th Jan 2020
A great few days with the guys from zilch winter to winter climbing on day four!
Wednesday, 25 December 2019
Friday, 13 December 2019
Thursday, 12 December 2019
Guided Ice Climbing Tasters
Why not give someone you know a Christmas activity gift voucher?
This video was filmed on the 12th December 2019 so there is ICE and SNOW in the Cairngorm's!
Winter skills, snow-holing, guided winter climbing, ice climbing taster days and much much more can all be arranged from £120 per day, each for two people.
For the ice climbing you'll need to have done previous winter skills and be hill fit!
See https://www.talisman-activities.co.uk/product-page/gift-voucher
Sunday, 8 December 2019
First Winter Skills course of the season
On the first day we had good firm snow for cramponing and step cutting and as the snow softened we looked at ice axe arrests before climbing up to the summit of Cairngorm for lunch. After lunch we looked at digging emergency snow shelters before heading down as the winds increase to storm level.
In contrast to Saturday Sunday was wild all day with gale force winds and heavy snow which was perfect for learning about winter navigation and looking after yourself in a winter environment, see the video!
Details of our winter skills course can be found at https://www.talisman-activities.co.uk/winter-skills-courses
Wednesday, 27 November 2019
Sunday, 24 November 2019
Monday, 18 November 2019
Climbing Mhearad's Fall Chimney Finish 18th Nov 2019
Not as much ice as expected, but enough and it's only November, and a fun day's adventure on snowshoes checking the ice out and ice climbing on Mhearad's Fall Chimney Finish :-)
The climb on the day felt about Grade II with two cruxy boulder moves of 4/5 due to the deep soft snow and thin brittle ice but as the short ice wall and chimney are so well protected it's really good fun, especially early season in November! :-)
Later on in the year with good neve and ice it eventually banks out to about Grade 2 or even Grade 1.
If you too fancy a few days of bespoke and unique early, mid or even late late season off piste skiing, snowshoeing, winter mountaineering or winter climbing adventures that are well away from the queues and crowds, booking details can be found on our website at https://www.talisman-activities.co.uk/winter-skills-courses under private guiding.
If you too fancy a few days of bespoke and unique early, mid or even late late season off piste skiing, snowshoeing, winter mountaineering or winter climbing adventures that are well away from the queues and crowds, booking details can be found on our website at https://www.talisman-activities.co.uk/winter-skills-courses under private guiding.
Saturday, 16 November 2019
Two November days guided winter climbing with Henry
A great two November days winter climbing and snowshoeing with Henry, long may the wintry weather continue! :-)
We're now running our winter skills and snowshoe courses and private guiding with free axe, crampons and snowshoe hire, if booked and run before Christmas!
If you too fancy a few days of bespoke and unique early, mid or even late late season off-piste skiing, snowshoeing, winter mountaineering or winter climbing adventures that are well away from the queues and crowds, booking details can be found on our website at https://www.talisman-activities.co.uk/winter-skills-courses under private guiding.
We're now running our winter skills and snowshoe courses and private guiding with free axe, crampons and snowshoe hire, if booked and run before Christmas!
If you too fancy a few days of bespoke and unique early, mid or even late late season off-piste skiing, snowshoeing, winter mountaineering or winter climbing adventures that are well away from the queues and crowds, booking details can be found on our website at https://www.talisman-activities.co.uk/winter-skills-courses under private guiding.
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Wednesday, 13 November 2019
Snow Shoeing on Cairngorm 13th Nov 2019
Winter skills and snowshoeing in the Cairngorm's near Aviemore in November!
If you too fancy a few days of bespoke and unique early, mid or even late late season off piste skiing, snowshoeing, winter mountaineering or winter climbing adventures that are well away from the queues and crowds, booking details can be found on our website at https://www.talisman-activities.co.uk/winter-skills-courses under private guiding.
If you too fancy a few days of bespoke and unique early, mid or even late late season off piste skiing, snowshoeing, winter mountaineering or winter climbing adventures that are well away from the queues and crowds, booking details can be found on our website at https://www.talisman-activities.co.uk/winter-skills-courses under private guiding.
Thursday, 31 October 2019
Fionn Bheinn 30th Oct 2019
If you too fancy a few days of bespoke and unique early, mid or even late late season Munro Bagging, off-piste skiing, snowshoeing, winter mountaineering or winter climbing adventures that are well away from the queues and crowds, booking details can be found on our website at https://www.talisman-activities.co.uk/winter-skills-courses under private guiding.
Monday, 28 October 2019
Winter Skills Courses for 2020
As can be seen from the photos above, a great start to the winter 2019/2020 season with the first proper snows falling on the 21st October and further cold temperatures and snowfall since.
We are currently taking bookings for winter skills and winter mountaineering courses with the Christmas and New Year courses now almost full. We've now got just one place left on the 27-31 December 2019 course and two places on the 4-8 January 2020 course.
Our winter mountaineering courses are again proving popular with some of the January and early February courses already filled.
Still plenty of spaces available on our weekly winter skills weekends and with private guiding as well as from mid-February onwards.
We've got a short video showing the first snow of winter on Cairngorm at https://youtu.be/2U3pBDcuXy8
Monday, 21 October 2019
First Cairngorm Snows 21st October 2019
If you too fancy a few days of bespoke and unique early, mid or even late late season off-piste skiing, snowshoeing, winter mountaineering or winter climbing adventures that are well away from the queues and crowds, booking details can be found on our website at https://www.talisman-activities.co.uk/winter-skills-courses under private guiding.
Saturday, 19 October 2019
Cairngorm Winter Skills Courses for 2020
Spaces still available on our Christmas 2019 and New Year 2020 Winter Skills courses based in Aviemore in the Cairngorm mountains in Scotland.
To find out more and to book your next winter adventure for 2020 visit our website at https://www.talisman-activities.co.uk/product-page/winter-skills-course
Monday, 18 March 2019
Monday, 11 March 2019
Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Monday, 25 February 2019
Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Tuesday, 19 February 2019
Saturday, 16 February 2019
Monday, 11 February 2019
Sunday, 10 February 2019
Monday, 4 February 2019
Sunday, 3 February 2019
Thursday, 31 January 2019
Winter Sunset Reflections on Ice
Some of yesterdays stunning drone footage of the sunset on a frozen Loch Morlich in the Cairngorms set to music - please share!
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