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Jagged Globe Winter Courses finish during the freeze/sun wave 30 Mar 2013 | 01:39 am
Jagged Globe’s winter courses came to an end today, set against a backdrop of snowy mountains, blue skies and sub zero temperatures. The period of high pressure has provided us with stunning weather d...
Another Week of Great Conditions 15 Mar 2013 | 01:26 am
Since Mid-February the weather has been stable and cold, save for a bit of wind at the end of last week. The walking groups have been ticking off the local Munros and the climbing groups have been not...
The ice keeps on growing 6 Mar 2013 | 11:06 pm
Sorry for not posting much recently, we’ve been too busy climbing ! Check out these shots from Ben Nevis, Glencoe and Beinn Udlaigh. All grades from I to V,5 !!
Introductory Winter Mountaineering 18 Feb 2013 | 03:20 am
A great week of winter mountaineering on Ben Nevis, Aonach Mor, the Wee Buchille, the Ice Factor and the lovely Cow Hill
Curtain raiser to Vanishing Point 13 Feb 2013 | 11:38 pm
No, not the film with Barry Newman. On Monday Andrew and John warmed up on “The Curtain” (IV,5) with Andy O, whilst Niels and Shae spent time with Tony on the Carn Dearg cascades. On Tuesday, with sk...
The Anoach Eagach Challenge. 11 Feb 2013 | 02:49 am
Now we Jagged Globe instructors love the challenge of the Scottish winter. There is nothing like spicing your day up by offering your clients the ubber classic traverse of the Anoach Eagach ridge on t...
Summit Fever. 11 Feb 2013 | 01:49 am
Another speedy walk into the north face of Ben Nevis today, but I was out with Everest hopeful Nacer and the order of the day was a long mountaineering route and this Moroccan also wanted to stand on ...
Brilliant Ben Nevis. 11 Feb 2013 | 01:28 am
The end of the week turned into a bit of a Ben Nevis fest. We had a lot of snow to contend with on the Wednesday but the weather was good and after a speedy walk in all four teams … Continue reading →
Lots of Snow 10 Feb 2013 | 02:35 am
This last week started with very heavy falls of snow on strong winds, creating deep cover on upper slopes. On Monday the Snow and Ice course started with a coaching session on ice falls low on Ben Nev...
Introductory Winter Mountaineering 9 Feb 2013 | 10:54 pm
Myself and Mark had a great week on the Introductory Winter Mountaineering course with Paul, Sharon, Joe, the Two Johns and Nacer. We experienced the full variety of weather that a Scottish winter can...
