Winter skills
Winter skills course in March 2015, led by Nineonesix Guiding, in Scotland.
On the first of our three days we headed up above the snowline to learn how to stay upright on steep, snowy ground — kicking and cutting steps, ice axe usage and then walking with crampons — followed by some self-arresting. Sufficiently soaked, we put our skills to the test and climbed the ridge onto our first Munroe, Aonach Mor, with great views across to Ben Nevis. The next day took us to Glen Coe where we learned some rope skills, including how to abseil with a snow anchor and belay with a snow bucket and ice axe. Our reward on the last day with a traverse of the second half of the CMD Arete which was a great way to consolidate and bag another Munroe on Carn Mor.