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Friday 18 January 2019

A winter mountaineering and introductory winter climbing stunner!





Introductory winter climbing and winter mountaineering course

A few photos and video of Reena and Paul's winter mountaineering course in the Cairngorms. The weather had been mild since before Christmas and snow cover was limited.

Despite all this Reena progressed from her very first steps using an ice axe and crampons, having lunch in a snow-hole and learning about weather, avalanche risk and basic winter rope-work, to mixed climbing and alpine style rope-work.

winter mountaineering course

winter mountaineering course

Introductory winter climbing and winter mountaineering course

Introductory winter climbing and winter mountaineering course

Introductory winter climbing and winter mountaineering course

Introductory winter climbing and winter mountaineering course

Introductory winter climbing and winter mountaineering course

Introductory winter climbing and winter mountaineering course

Introductory winter climbing and winter mountaineering course


Then finally on the last day Reena and Paul climbed a Grade 2 winter route in Coire an t-Sneachda to experienced the most amazing views.

Although sheltered and sunny on the climb they topped out through a blast of freezing spindrift onto the wild wind swept arctic alpine plateau of the Cairngorm's.




Introductory winter climbing and winter mountaineering course


Despite the freezing wind and windchill temperatures of minus twenty both Reena and Paul loved the whole experience and their Scottish winter mountaineering course and Scottish winter adventure with Talisman Mountaineering.

A short winter climbing video of Reena and Paul's last day of the winter mountaineering course is at https://www.facebook.com/CairngormMountainGuides/videos/2250518108529434/

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