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A blog to help people plan their winter days with a framework to have safer and more enjoyable days in the winter months.

After your boots, an ice axe is possibly the single most useful piece of kit for winter walking. Use it alone, or with the addition of...

Sitting by the fire with a mug of hot tea, watching the leaves turn red and gold outside, I get great pleasure from flicking through my...

The transition from summer rock climbing into winter is best prepared for in advance. Dusting off your B3 boots, ice axes and crampons,...

You may be relatively new to winter walking or an expert winter climber, but avalanche awareness applies to us all and unfortunately, I...

Keeping our hands warm in winter is a common topic of conversation and an area of confusion for some. The idea of needing the most...

Easterly winds were forecast, dragging frigid air from Serbia – a bone-chilling -30°C to be precise. The dry air bit sharply with every...

Braeriach - 'Brindled upland' Sgor an Lochain Uaine (Angels Peak) - 'peak of the small green loch' Cairn Toul (Carn an t-Sabhail) - 'the...