Cairngorm Adventure Guides Blog

Morven & Lochnagar

16th May 2012

The last couple of days have been spent in Royal Deeside working for Northern Xposure. Yesterday the Northern Xposure school group went up Morven where they practiced some navigation and enjoyed fantastic views of the wintery looking Cairngorms. Today the team did exceptionally well putting their navigation into practice and climbing a wintery Lochnagar in good spirits. There was a cold northerly wind blowing in snow and hail showers all day, but the team did well to battle on!

Liam 16th May 2012

Aonach Eagach Ridge, Glen Coe. Scrambling.

5th May 2012

We had a brilliant day yesterday traversing the Aonach Eagach in Glen Coe, which is a great ridge with lots of exciting scrambling and some good exposure. When we arrived in Glen Coe there were light snow flurries, but by mid morning and for the rest of the day there was bright sunshine and great views to be had in almost every direction.

Cairngorm Adventure Guides run guided hill walking, scrambling and hill skills courses. If you'd like to learn some new skills or be guided along a classic ridge like the Aonach Eagach please get in touch.

Rock Climbing, Duntelchaig

29th April 2012

Today Mhari was out rock climbing at Duntelchaig. Mhari is an excellent climber who has lots of indoor climbing experience and is now learning some new skills for climbing outside. She climbed a variety of routes from V.Diff to Hard Severe in glorious sunshine and great views. Most impressively, Mhari is only 10 years old and has stacks of talent.

 

Rock Climbing, North West Scotland

28th April 2012

Saturday was spent in the north west climbing at Stone Valley Crags. It was a beautiful day with lots of sunshine and great views south to Torridon and out west to Skye and Harris. We climbed a variety of great routes on great rock.

Coast to Coast Mountain Biking

16th April 2012

Cairngorm Adventure Guides are now running Scottish Coast to Coast Mountain Bike Trips. An epic journey through some of Scotland's wildest areas over 7 days. Qualified and experienced guide, good accommodation, supported trip, bike mechanic and great experience. For more info click here.

Wintery Cairngorms

16th April 2012

The Cairngorms looked spectacular and very wintery today. It was hard going once off the paths as the snow is unconsolodated and very deep in places, and on the Fiachall Ridge it was case of hopping between to rocks to avoid being knee deep in snow. There were a couple of people climbing in the corrie, quite a few ski tracks around twin burns, the goat track and off of Cairngorm as well as people out paraponting.

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River Feshie, Kayaking

14th April 2012

We had a quick blast down the river Feshie this afternoon. It was good fun, despite being at a relatively low level and the regular snow showers! There is definitely more snow on the hills just now than there has been for the last month or so, but our has focus has turned to spring and summer, unless of course anyone is looking for any winter skills........

We are also putting together a supported 7 day mountain biking coast to coast package. More details to follow soon.

Liam 14/04/2012

Family Climbing, Kingussie Crag

4th April 2012

Despite the recent snow fall and cold temperatures, Maggie, Miles, George, Annie and Greg were keen to get out climbing whilst up here on holiday. We climbed a variety of routes and did an abseil whilst having great views of some wintery looking Cairngorms.

From Inside to Out, Climbing Course

2nd April 2012

Today Euan was out with us on a From Inside to Out Climbing Course. Euan has lots of indoor climbing experience and is looking to build upon his skill set so that he can start climbing outside. We visited Kingussie Crag which is an ideal venue with a variety of climbs and a range of grades. It was almost quite warm this afternoon, but snow is forecast so it could all look different tomorrow.

Liam 02/04/2012