Glen Coe gives a wealth of winter climbing opportunities of all grades and styles, something indeed for everyone. The cliffs are also, in the main, easily accessible which means they can become very popular. This area also includes the winter climbs on the mountains south of Glen Coe in Glen Etive, and on hills more southerly still but north of the A85 Oban road (notably Ben Cruachan). Also included are the hills of Appin and Ballachuilish, the dry tooling of Ballachuilish bridge, and the winter climbs in Ardgour (notably Garbh Bheinn).
Shadowing/observing/teaching with Scott Kirkhope working for Hebridean Pursuits. Snow anchor session on a wild day in Glen Coe. We headed up left at the stream junction on the approach, covering movement skills on the way before gearing up below the ground hard left (climber`s left) facing into Stob Coire nan Lochan (way left of bomerang). Taught anchors and used them in ascent and descent before heading back down. I ran off later in the day to retrieve some gear that had been left by a partner at a gearing up spot some days prior.
