Winter Hill Walking and Skills – Mam na Gualainn

This weekend is a winter skills course for the civil service walking group. We are staying at Kinlochleven with 18 in the team and 5 instructors.

Today I was out with the hill walking team. With the avalanche condition as they are we made a choice to stay lower and out of the main risks. After a quick shuttle in the morning we headed up Mam na Gualainn.

There was a really thick layer of haw frost with a significant layer of wind slab on top, however the patches of slab where isolated and it was possible to avoid most dangers.

Tomorrow I am with two climbers.

POSTED: 28th February 2010
BY: Dan
CATEGORIES: Technical Courses, Winter Conditions