Climbing Competition - Gairloch
08/03/11 Filed in:sport climbing
| Gairloch
The event will take place on Saturday, March 19th from 1pm to 5pm. Everyone is welcome and the competition will include three categories - P4-P7, S1-S6 and adults.
Points will be awarded for different graded climbs.
Tea, coffee and refreshments will be available.
The new wall is located in the Gairloch Leisure Centre (IV21 2BP) next to the Gairloch High School. Contact 01445 712345.
For those competing the entry fee will be £2 for adults and £1 for under 18’s.
Gairloch Climbing wall opened late last year after years of fundraising and effort.
Late winter Liathach
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.
Frozen North West 2010-11
Here are a few more pictures of our remarkable early winter. Temperatures plunged so low that most of the Ardessie Falls (Dundonnell) froze including most of this section not far from the road. The ice at the foot of this fall was about 14 inches thick, covering what is usually a beautiful deep pool.
This picture was taken when Colin was on a long traverse of Sail Mhor and part of the An Teallach ridge. This picture is taken looking south from Sail Mhor when the conditions were dry but incredibly cold. Two people were injured in an avalanche near here just days after this picture was taken after conditions changed.
Paul was on more film location duty this time with a crew from New York who needed to film some dramatic Highland scenery in the North West. Their timing couldn’t have been better when they chose to visit Coigach and Stac Pollaidh pictured above. Again, the weather was bitterly cold but the mist and blue skies made the pinnacles look even more magical.