Blair Fyffe, Climbing and Things

Just back from a week at Fairhead in Northern Ireland. This was the second time I have been there. The weather was a bit kinder than our tri...

 Ian Talyor at about half height on the first ascent of The Ambassadors (E6 6B). I think it is fair to say there is a lot of unclimbed ...

Steall Hut Crag in Glen Nevis is a crag with a particular season to it. It is generally wet up until about March, and being tucked up in a s...

Winter seems to have come to a bit of a premature end this year. No late season ice on the Ben for us this year (although it is meant to get...

It seems likely that the peak of the snow and ice cover for the Northern Hemisphere peaked just before the middle of February. At this point...

South Buttress, Coire an Lochan, Aonach Mor 9th January 2012. Through my work as an SAIS observer, I get to watch the evolution of the snow...

Just a wee note to say that the new Cicerone guide to Winter Climbs in the Cairngorms that I myself and my dad have been working on for th...