Posts by: gofurther
With hardly any rain now since mid-april the ground is parched and dusty. This picture shows how dry the peat is in the notorious ‘bog’ between Larachantivore and Shenevall in the Fisherfield Wilderness. The picture was taken in mid-May.
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With the weather perfect for long mountain routes and cimbing gofurther has had a busy May. This picture was taken in the middle of the month during a walk through the Fisherfield Wilderness following the route of the Great Wilderness Challenge (GWC). The GWC is an annual sponsored walk and run […]
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With the weather perfect for coastal walks and sea-cliff climbing the gofurther team took themselves to the magic of Sandwood bay on the North West of Sutherland. About 30 minutes to the south along the coast stands one of the UK’s most impressive sea stacks – a 65m tower of sandstone which you can just […]
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The settled spring conditions have given way to …..settled hot weather with temperatures well above 20c for the past two days and a high pressure system set in to the East. This picture was taken looking North West towards the mouth of Little Loch Broom at just after 9pm on Wednesday.
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April has brought some of the best mountaineering and climbing conditions we’ve seen for a few years. The month started cold and dry with a few frosts down to sea level. As the days turned increasingly sunny, a sharp easterly breeze with very low humidity meant the North West Highlands had the best weather in […]
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A very early Easter. Two weeks of bitterly cold northerly weather which has left the hills of Wester Ross plastered in snow. Forecast is for it to stay cold for a few more days. Views of Loch Toll an Lochain from the SE ridge of Bidean a’ Ghlas Thuill, the highest summit of An […]
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Loch Tollaidh Crags, Wester Ross, is the best single pitch trad venue around Gairloch. The climbing is always technical and sustained. To get a real appreciation of the quality of the climbing here you need to be operating at HVS and up.
Hidden Crag has the longest routes and the rock is truly […]
Over winter we’ve decided to profile some of the best routes in the North
West – so thanks to Jim Buchanan of Wild West Topos for these awesome pictures of Michael Lee on Superblue – graded 7b+. This line follows an overhanging curving crack line on a bulge of perfect gneiss at Creag Nan […]
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Apamapa is a really useful guide to Gaelic place-names in Wester Ross. Written by local Gaelic expert Nevis Hulme, the online and map-based guide lists many of the Gaelic hill and mountain names in some of the most popular mountain-walking areas. The Northern Ross-shire pack for example, covers the An Teallach, Fisherfield […]
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Although forecast for broken sunshine, December 29th brought a long spell of miserable horizontal hail and sleet. Winter days like this present their own challenges such as difficult navigation while staying out of the worst winds. For example, on Thursday Helen, Simon and Tom were undaunted by the early conditions and wanted to stick to […]
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