Sunny lead winter climbing instruction!

Day two Private Guiding with Richard and Carmen was a coaching and rope-work winter climbing day giving Richard the chance to lead as I pointed out the best belays and climbing techniques to use.

Given the stormy weather forecast and fresh snow up high this worked out really well as we were sheltered from the wind and in the sun for most of the day!

Day 2 video at https://www.facebook.com/CairngormMountainGuides/videos/1225743624192849/

Stunning New Year Weather for Guiding

Great calm sunny cold weather and a really great start to the New Year and Scottish winter season.

An early start saw us up and over Cairngorm for several abseils into to our pristine private winter climbing venue. 

As normal we had the whole side of the mountain to ourselves and didn't see another person all day unlike the queues and crowds in Coire an t-Sneachda! 

Despite being -7 Celcuis we felt really comfortable gearing up on the plateau in the golden morning sun. 

It was really fantastic day out with Robert and with perfect alpine weather for coaching and guiding.

The aim of the day was to winterise Robert's summer rock climbing and build on his previous winter skills and winter mountaineering expedition background which we covered in depth along with climbing lots of new ground and even a second winter ascent of some new pitches. 

I think Robert and his friends will be back for more soon though I can't guarantee such perfect weather ;-)

There's now a short video on YouTube for you to enjoy here and you can book Private Guiding and Coaching here too!

A great day Guiding and Coaching Mike and Jo....

 

 

Another superb day out ice  and mixed climbing with Mike and Jo, weather and conditions were perfect (see the video) and we had the route to ourselves... :-)

More photos on our Talisman Mountaineering Facebook photo album here