1+ day Introduction to winter climbing near Fort William, Scotland

Get ready for an unbeatable introduction to winter climbing, when you come climb with us near Fort William, Scotland!

Over the course of one or several, we will get you acquainted with the basics of winter climbing and avalanche safety. The week will culminate in a climbing adventure of your choice!

We are extremely flexible with these programs, so let us know what works best for you. We can decide on the number of days depending on your travel plans.

Just to give you an example, here is a 5-day itinerary. Like I said before, we can always modify this according to your preferences and availability:

Day 1 – We will spend the first day introducing you to techniques and teaching you the necessary skills. We will then head out to any of  Stob Coire nan Lochain in Glencoe, the north face of Ben Nevis and Sgorr Dearg, above Ballachulish in order to practice what we have learned. In the afternoon, we go on to the day’s main attraction and climb one of NC Gully, Ledge Route, Schoolhouse Ridge or West Gully DG Boulder.

Day 2-3 – The second and third days will be spent practicing our newly acquired skills some more and learning a few additional ones too. We will then head out and do a few introductory climbs in Curved Ridge, Aonach Eagach, East Ridge of Stob Ban and Golden Oldie.

Day 4 – On the fourth day, we head out to practice some steeper ice climbing skills. We’ll put these to the test on Onich Slabs and Ballachulish Bridge for dry tooling and Glen Nevis for teaching climbing and learning about introductory climbing rope work.

Day 5 – On the final day of the trip we will take everything that we have learned and apply it in one final day of climbing. Heading out to one or more of Good Friday Climb, Left Twin, Twisting Gully and Castle Ridge, among others, we’ll make a glorious ascent before parting ways in the evening.

So what are you waiting for? Book now a day or several days of guiding and learn the basics of winter climbing in the stunningly beautiful Scottish Highlands!

If you like the look of this trip then we think you will also enjoy our 4-day Scottish winter mountaineering expedition!