Good ski-ing in the Outdoor Capital

Monday, April 14, 2008

Views from a lift queue at Glencoe Mountain Sunday 13th April 08

Pic of Ben Thorburn by Kevin Thomson taken up at Nevis Range 12th April 08

The Outdoor Capital is enjoying great weather whilst it seems that the rest of the country gets all the rain.

We are enjoying great spring ski-ing with both Nevis Range and Glencoe busy at the weekends.

I went to Glencoe ski-ing on Sunday, with most runs including Flypaper open and complete, it was only a bit thin ski-ing back to the chair at the end of the day. However the snow was in good nick higher up the mountain. As we came down at about four the BBQ was on and the music was pumping and there was a great atmosphere.

A friend Ben was at Nevis Range all weekend, getting up to some gnarly tricks off the back corries; in his words '... I had some cracking turns down Spikes and into the back bowl from Easy Gully.'

Make the most of the spring snow....and have fun

Labels: Ben Nevis, Glencoe, Nevis Range, Scottish Ski-ing

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Cold Climbs in the Outdoor Capital

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Right Edge, in the Lost Valley, Glencoe

On Ledge Route, Ben Nevis

An early Easter and wintry weather from the north meant the Outdoor Capital was packed with snowboarders, skiers, climbers, walkers and all kinds of visitosr all making the most of the cold spell and the long weekend.

Here at the Outdoor Capital office staff got out into the great outdoors. Some took friends and family sledging at Nevis Range, others went ski-ing and reported good conditions on Aonach Mor with the back corries open too.

I went climbing. On Friday we did the first pitch of Right Edge in the Lost Valleyin Glencoe, and then on Saturday we did Ledge Route on Ben Nevis . Saturdays weather was great and conditions were perfect. We met Dave Macleod on the way up to the CIC hut - he looked pretty fresh considering his amazing repeat earlier in the week with local film-maker Jo French, on 'Don't Die of Ignorance' . See our news page for a full update on that or go the Sunday Herald article.

Anna

Labels: Ben Nevis, climbing, Glencoe, Scottish Ski-ing, walking

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