Winter Sport - tastic in the Outdoor Capital

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

The Highlands of Scotland are the place to be right now - recent snow falls, low temperatures and blue skies and sunshine mean that if you like winter sports then you are in luck. I am not in luck - laid low with a knee injury but friends and colleagues are reporting back that the ski-ing was fantastic this weekend. Friends were also winter climbing in Glencoe over the weekend. They reported Stob Coire Nan Lochan to be busy in Saturday but conditions good on both Ordinary Route and Dorsal Arete, on Sunday they polished off Crowberry Gully - although thin in places it was in condition. For more info on winter climbing conditions go to the Abacus Mountaineering website.

It is not just fun for those into climbing and ski-ing, another friend enjoyed some easy walking in Leanachan Forest and said it was a winter wonderland with snow underfoot and not icy at all.

I had to content myself with taking pics ofthe amazing views.

Anna

Labels: climbing, hill walking, Scottish Ski-ing, skiing, walking, walking in scotland

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Wet weekends are good for Waterfalls!

Monday, September 01, 2008

The weather has been mixed recently with quite bit of rain interspersed with sunny periods, with the weather forecast often worse than reality. However Sunday's forecast was completely correct and rain it did - all day on and off! With trip to the Skye Cuillins coming up I need to get out and get some longer walks and hill days under my belt, so I roped in a friend to accompany me on Sunday. We changed our plans once we were out and realised that the weather wasn't going to lift and kept to paths below 600 metres. Starting in Kinlochleven our walk took us out to Loch Eilde Mor, up and over past Meall na Cruaidhe, down to the Blackwater Reservoir and then down the Kearan trail along the river back to Kinlochleven. A good walk that gets you out without going too high. One thing all the rain was good for was waterfalls. As we walked back into Kinlochleven we went past several that were spectacular. Some of the river crossings were 'interesting' as water levels rose during the day - we were both glad we had poles to help us balance as we crossed over some quite fast flowing water.

Anna

Labels: Highlands, walking in scotland, waterfalls

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