Late winter in Wester Ross can throw everything at a mountain and so it was this weekend when we tackled Liathach with Dan and his friends. Hail, snow, bright warming sunshine, strong winds, gusts, hard ice, soft snow and dry rock below about 900m. Luckily the wind and hail held off during the scramble over The Pinnacles mid-way along the ridge. The large picture below shows the group on the western Munro top Mullach an Rathain with views west to Beinn Alligin. Two winter munros, a classic west-coast scramble in spring conditions, a mixture of snow, ice and rock and sunshine through the afternoon - what a day.

Tags: Liathach, Winter, Wester Ross

Every year we run a special promotion for guiding in one of our key areas in Skye and Wester Ross. For this summer only we are cutting the cost of our Torridon Munros three day option from £420 to £360 for one person.
- for two people the cost is £180 each;
- for 3 people £145 each; and,
- for 4 people £110 each.
Three of Scotland’s most famous peaks - Beinn Alligin, Beinn Eighe and Liathach - and six Munros. Tackle all three over three days or pace yourself by spreading the days out over a week or longer. Some easy scrambling and superb ridge walking. See our Torridon page for more information or click on the Liathach tag below for a news post.

Tags: Liathach, Beinn Eighe, Beinn Alligin, torridon

Go Further clients have experienced a series of special days on some of the north’s most famous peaks in perfect winter conditions.



In the first half of the month we found ourselves on Slioch - just north of Loch Maree (in the distance in the picture above with Torridon in the background). Here the group are just hitting the snow line at about 1500 feet.



Later that week we moved south to Torridon where this picture was taken of the the main Beinn Eighe ridge from the Liathach ridge. For more details on Torridon see here.



Liathach is a special mountain at any time of the year but, combined with An Teallach and Beinn Eighe, can there be a better series of winter summits to aim for on the Scottish mainland?

Another great day out is to tackle the Black Carls on the Beinn Eighe Ridge - one of the best Wester Ross scrambles and, in the winter, a great mountaineering adventure. Here the group is heading onto the main ridge...



...and here (below) we are heading towards the start of the Carls.

Tags: Liathach, Beinn Eighe, torridon, Slioch, Winter, mountaineering

Sometimes we come across a picture that captures the atmosphere of Wester Ross better than any words can convey. Here’s one of them. Thanks to our good friend Jim Buchanan who runs Wild West Topos for the image.

The picture looks south east across part of the Fisherfield Wilderness over to Torridon in the background.

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Here’s another picture of Beinn Eighe’s Black Carls with Stuart looking back east from the main ridge. This picture was taken on Easter weekend when there turned out to be good walking conditions, flurries of snow, but mostly dry and breezy with lovely spells of sunshine. The air was very clear giving spectacular vistas as far north as Foinaven and south to Ben Nevis.
The forecast for the week ahead looks good for Wester Ross and the North-West. Easterly winds, the Spring spell we all wait for, dry,dry,dry...

Tags: Beinn Eighe, Black Carls

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Scrambling in the North West is normally associated with mountains such as An Teallach, Liathach and Stac Pollaidh but there are many other venues where the scrambling is just as good or better. Torridon’s Beinn Eighe for example has some great scrambling on the Eastern end of the main ridge. These pictures show Sara and Paul practising their scrambling skills on the Bodaich Dubh (Black Carls) in fresh, windy weather in mid-april.

Tags: Beinn Eighe, torridon, Scrambling

Congratulations to Tim and Helen (pictured below) who were on their honeymoon last month when we went ventured onto one of Torridon’s most remote peaks - Beinn an Eoin. This picture was taken in the middle of November from the summit of in the heart of Torridon looking south. Beinn Alligin is on the right with the sun catching, we think, Loch na Cabhaig. The Horns of Alligin are in the middle of the picture.
This was a bitterly cold day (wind chill at around -10c) in November which marked the start of a long spell of very cold weather.

Tags: torridon, Beinn an Eoin

Sometimes mixed conditions can make mountain day unforgettable. Liathach in Torridon is a great castellated ridge that jumps to well over 3,000 feet from sea level inside 1.5 kilometres. Its steepness is given even more drama by its sandstone tiers and pinnacled ridge. On Wednesday last week the day started cold and misty with the cloud base at about 700m. After making it onto the summit ridge we traversed west and by midday we could sense the cloud getting thinner and breaking in gusts. By 1pm the sun was occasionally slicing through the mist and, when the wind dropped, conditions became warm and humid. As we tackled the scrambling on the pinnacles (left) the cloud was tumbling over the summit ridge in great white waves. It was an exhilarating spectacle as we climbed over the last section of Am Fasarinen towards the second munro.
This is the view of Meall Dearg - Liathach's northern pinnacled ridge - taken from the main ridge about one kilometre East of Mullach an Rathain.









Here you can see the cloud breaking over the Eastern section of the main ridge. On the right of the picture you can just make out another party emerging from the mist onto the summit ridge.









This picture looks north down to the floor of Coire na Caime some 400m below.

Check our our pages on Torridon and Scrambling for options for guiding. Janet (pictured above) and Stuart chose our 'Torridon Munros' course - six munros and eight 'tops' over three days including Liathach.

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