Another glorious day, and it felt quite pleasant in the campsite in the morning.  We decided to go for the shortest route to the snow, so it was a repeat of the previous Saturday and a skin up.. view

Throughout the week, there had been a bit of chatter about gully skiing.  With cold northerly winds likely to freeze the soggy snow, a south facing venue was required.  The most obvious c.. view

After a great, but fairly low angled day yesterday on Ben Macdui, we headed up Ben Nevis for a shot at Number 4 Gully.  If anything, the weather was better than the previous day, which wa.. view

The main reason for doing the site was to allow me to display images and video clips, mainly of climbing, skiing and walking, but also some of other things that amuse me. I usually add stuff after a weekend (although I don't actually manage to get out every weekend!), so a Monday or Tuesday would be the days where you are most likely to see something new on the site.

I've put together some details about our routes and logistics for our September 2011 ski mountaineering trip to Chile.  You can view it here.

March 2012:  I've been working on a site to highlight some of the excellent steeper skiing on offer in Scotland.  It's a work in progress, in terms of content and functionality, but thought I would start to get it out there before the winter ends, even though the hills are mostly free of snow right now!  http://www.steepscotland.info/  If you have any comments, or have found any bugs, or want to contribute, please get in touch (through either site).