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.
Being mentored by Andy Spink on a teachiing snow anchor day with Tim Oates. We had 2 clients that we took turns instructing snow anchors before employing them in a journey up the snow slopes on the far right ridge (climber`s right) that bounds Stob Coire nan Lochan. Very soft snow conditions brought up several interesting points with regards creating and teaching snow anchors. We then short roped a client each in descent using a variety of techniques.
