Here's how winter climbing grades work. Just when you thought you had grades mastered, here’s another system. Here's how winter climbing grades work. Winter routes are graded for difficulty and ...

"Winter seasons are always quieter ... according to Scottish Mountain Rescue. In total, 330 of these involved mountaineering and 306 were non-mountaineering incidents. An incident is defined ...

But as Frost was down-climbing, an axe ripped and he fell ... The post Jeff Mercier and Greg Boswell Complete Hard Scottish Winter Routes appeared first on Explorersweb.

The BMC has been a key JCMT partner for forty years. The courses are administered on behalf of the JCMT by Peak Mountain Training. The JCMT offers three types of courses: a Scottish Winter ...

A climber who battled through relentless storms to complete all of Scotland's 282 Munros in one winter round has said ... who both died last year in separate climbing accidents.

A selection of your pictures of Scotland sent in between December ... from Edinburgh snapped this photo after her first time winter climbing in the Cairngorms, near Aviemore.

In Scotland, many Scots have been living a slow ... Embracing the outdoors is a must – from wild swimming in lochs to climbing leafy green hills – being surrounded by nature gives us peace ...

Then there’s the small matter of the internet: if you’re desperate to watch films about skiing or climbing or long-distance .