Darren Edkins - 151605

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Winter Walking Record

Details

Date : 18/01/2013

Duration : 5-8 hours

Style : Group Member

Type : Quality Mountain Day (QMD)

Weather : Heavy snow - poor visibility

Wind : Strong wind

Camping Type : Snow hole

Nights Camping : 1

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Description

Winter Mountaineering Foundation course - Day 4/5 JSMTC (B)
Walked out top just below summit and spent a long time digging a snow hole. Over night in hole just as the weather took a turn for the worst. Complete white out conditions, summit winds 100mph + walked off in gusts of 40 - 50 mph winds roped up.

Area : Glencoe South (Loch Linnhe To Loch Etive)

The southern side of Glen Coe includes some very well-known mountains and can be split into two groups; the ones you can see from the A82 and the ones you can’t. Included in the former group is Buachaille Etive Mor, Buachaille Etive Beag, the Three Sisters and the Ballachulish Horseshoe, and in the latter, three Munros between Glen Creran and Glen Etive (Sgor na h-Ulaidh, Beinn Fhionnlaidh and Beinn Sgulaird). With huge amounts of climbing and walking in summer and winter, this area is also home to a large cairn built for Queen Victoria, or so the story goes. Includes all major peaks above 600m.

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