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A Hazy Shade of Winter – The (almost) Twelfth Frostbite Report…

by Nigel Vardy
March 16, 2024March 16, 2024

When planning a Highland Mountaineering trip, we all hope for snow – buckets of the damn stuff. It would be nice if the avalanche risk were low, the pack hard and consolidated, and the sun shining. Now let’s get back to the real world…

by Nigel Vardy
January 23, 2016

The end of 2015 brought miserable weather to much of the UK. A time of supposed frosts, snow and ice had produced nothing but rain, and I was concerned about conditions on the mountains of the NW Highlands. As it turned out, they were as challenging as ever…

Fort William

A Hazy Shade of Winter – The (almost) Twelfth Frostbite Report…

Trying to Tip Toe in Torridon – The Sixth Frostbite Report…