Hi guys

Im looking at the glencoe webcams but they are...literally frozen?

Anyone knows how much snow there is currently in Glencoe and Gorms?

Ta!

Im now more concerned about being able to drive there..... :/ Thanks for the reports! I dont use facebook. I use the webcams and the official channels but I find this info extremely useful. Plus I dont understand people talking about others using this info to decide about gear?? If anything is to de...

Its not about gear (only). Knowing the conditions beforehand is useful to understand better avalanche conditions on the day. Same as we look at wind conditions days in advance to make safer decisions when on the spot.

Havent found a snow conditions thread for this season.

You know how it goes: if you are in the hills in Scotland please come back and tell us where you went and the date, the level of the snowline and the type of snow you encountered so we can all get excited and plan better .

Cheers!

Thanks for adding those to the list!

I hope to go back at least once or twice per year

My first WH report, hopefully those like me that are just starting to learn winter hill walking will find it useful. We did a winter skills course earlier in the year and wanted to put it to practice by doing some easy routes. People here in the forum gave me very good suggestions. I live near Londo...

Did Buachille etive Beag today in Glen Coe. The snow is PERFECT (also is the weather!) Nice and crunchy. A bit softer in the late afternoon.

prog99 wrote:Salewa Raven is another option which I used for exactly the scenarios you described. The previous model which I had was a more subtle colour than the current blue one.

Interesting! I will check them out! Thankyou!!

Cairngorm creeper wrote:Scarpa Rebel Lite would do all your asking, we have used them summer and winter, walking and scrambling, a good all rounder.

Oh I know those and hadnt thought about them! Its a good point! I will try them on. Ta!

Hello all I am one of those people that try to go hill walking only when the weather is good. Please dont judge me, I am from sunny spain. However this is really limiting my options since I live in the UK, and I want to embrace the rain, fog and bogs and get out more (train disruptions permitting......

Love reading these stories.

SO and me just started hill walking and camping 4 years ago, so Im taking notes about how to gain experience!

I walk at the surrey hills regularly ( NDW) and it is full of cows, and you have to walk closely beween them in some parts of the trail they usually have a nap on. The guidance is usually to keep dogs on a leash and talk to them. I defenetly talk to them and they just look at me. Now sheep are a dif...

Glen Coe itself tends to be a bit steep and dangerous, not the best place to start out. A good place to go for ice axe and crampon practice is the Aonach Mhor ski area, now known as Nevis Ranges. You can get a ski gondola up to about two thousand feet on Aonach Mhor, then a short walk around the si...

Yeah Im not trying to predict, just understand usual behaviours in an area I am not familiar with. Will note those sketchy areas to avoid them, thanks. Still trying to find a place that rents mountaineering stuff in case we dont want to check in ice axes on the flight. I can just see sky / snowboard...

Its me again, have been reading the winter conditions post and the SAIS website. We are not properly trained in avalanches ( just awareness) so we would want to go when the chances of a good stable snowpack are highest and chances of aborting the trip are lower. I know this is impossible to predict ...