Ali and Lay’s Mountaineering Blog

We arrived at the Ballachulish hotel in Glen Coe, our base for the week, around 5pm today.

Worryingly the snow cover on the surrounding hills looks very lean and we are both a little concerned about how much winter mountaineering experience we will actually get this week.

We met up with our instructor, Clive Roberts, for a pre-course briefing and equipment check. Clive’s unassuming nature hides both his depth of experience and his laconic Irish wit. He has recently returned from successfully leading a group of Adventure Peaks clients to the summit of Kilimanjaro (5,895m)

Clive Roberts taking a break from leading the Ledge Route, Ben Nevis