Posts for category: Aonach Eagach

Aonach Eagach and Nav

On Monday Jo wanted to practice her nav and be ‘put to the test’. We had a great day, and Jo worked really hard over 8 hours of being put to the test. Today we went to Glencoe to do the Aonach Eagach ridge. We went past Kenton’s group on the way up Am Bodach, […]...

Aonach Eagach + Red Arrows in Glencoe

  Aonach Eagach. 3rd June 2016 from Max Hunter on Vimeo.   Abseil on Aonach Eagach. 3rd June. from Max Hunter on Vimeo.   Red Arrows from the Aonach Eagach. 3rd June 2016 from Max Hunter on Vimeo.   On the Aonach Eagach on Friday, the weather was incredible – it was even better than […]...

Aonach Eagach In Glencoe

Today wasn’t the best forecast for Glencoe, and yes it was windy, and yes it did rain a lot, and yes the visibility was poor for half the day – but Marian, Sara and I still had a great time on the Aonach Eagach in Glencoe. We did get blown about a bit, and we […]...

Tower Ridge In Great Winter Condition

On Tuesday, I met up with Martin again for our last day of winter mountaineering/climbing. He wanted to climb Tower Ridge, so the last few days had been training/preparation for this great ridge. The weather was the beginning of the settled high pressure, so there was very little wind, no rain/snow and the visibility was […]...

Glencoe Skyline

                    Saturday 22nd was the Salomon Glencoe Skyline event, starting at 7am in the Glencoe Mountain Resort. I was working as part of the safety team on the technical sections, along with Gillian, Iain, Jamie, Annie and Zac. Zac would have been taking part (and I’m […]...

Aonach Eagach

                    Today I was working for “Rich Mountain Experiences”, and I met up with Gareth and we headed off in the rain and wind to do the Aonach Eagach Ridge. Unfortunately it was windy and raining for a lot of the time, but this didn’t put […]...

Aonach Eagach

                    Yesterday I met up with Louise and Steve who finally arranged an opportunity to do the Aonach Eagach – after wanting to do it for a long time. The forecast wasn’t great, but it wasn’t bad enough to put anybody off. There was plenty of […]...

Cloudy Glencoe

  Saturday was day 2 with Avi and Derek – working for Atlas Mountaineering. They had made a request to do the Aonach Eagach ridge during their weekend. Avi has been climbing and mountaineering for many years now, but somehow has never got round to doing it – so we chose Saturday for the ridge, […]...

Aonach Eagach – Friday

                    On Friday I was working for Abacus Mountain Guides. The forecast for Friday was better than Thursday, we were set for a mostly dry day with only a few light showers. In the morning I met up with Ewen, Rebecca and their sons, Rory (14) […]...

Aonach Eagach – Thursday

                    On Thursday I was working for Abacus Mountain Guides. Thursday did not have a great forecast! It was set to be a wet day with initially prolonged heavy rain spells, decreasing in the afternoon to just rain showers – a day for waterproofs! Paul wasn’t […]...

Aonach Eagach

                Hunter Mountaineering On the West Coast of Scotland we were lucky enough to have a fabulous weekend of weather for the Easter holidays. I managed to get back from my mini holiday in time to work the weekend. On Saturday I got to play on the Aonach […]...