SCOTLAND . WINTER . CLIMBING
Scotlands Winter mountains offer a unique experience to anybody who ventures out in them. It's many dark and forbidding cliffs transform in Winter to fun playgrounds with turf , ice and rock. The big gullies are famous, the ridges legendary and the mixed terrain inexhaustible. All you have to do is decide when!

1. SKILLS WEEKEND* (2 days)
2. THRILLS WEEK* (5 days)
3. CLASSIC CLIMBS WEEK** (5 days)
4. CUSTOM GUIDING***

Key:
* - introductory level and above
** - intermediate level and above
*** - advanced climbers only

THRILLS WEEK Five days of building up competence and experience in a Scottish winter environment . The course will be designed around your individual needs with plenty time to develop all the key skills of an efficient winter climber.
Ratio 1:2 Cost: £400 per person (minimum of two persons)
Based in Aviemore
 
AVAILABILITY:
January through to April
 
TRIP DESCRIPTION
The central base of Aviemore allows a climber access to many of Scotland's finest winter routes. The Cairngorms are on the doorstep with Creag Meagaidh, Aonach Mor and Ben Nevis all within1 hour's travel.
 
ITINERARY
Day 1 Warm up day, getting back into wearing crampons and swinging axes. Northern corries venue and routes of grade II/IIII or above.
 
Day 2 Coire an Lochain or Hell's Lum, for bigger and better climbs. Grade III or above.
 
Day 3 Creag Meagaidh hosts some of the best ice lines in the country. From grade III to V, these 300m routes are a big day out.
 
Day 4 Back to the Cairngorms for maybe a local test piece, to push your own limits.
 
Day 5 Ben Nevis offers everything for the winter enthusiast. The longest ridges and the finest ice climbs.
 
TO BOOK A TRIP CONTACT
Graeme Ettle
16 Railway Terrace
Aviemore, Inverness-shire. PH22 1SA
+44 (0)1479 811 217
info@graemeettle.com
www.graemeettle.com