How to choose the best Scottish winter climbing routes according to ice conditions

Описание: How to choose the best Scottish winter climbing routes according to ice conditions with Mike Pescod, author of the guidebook Winter Climbs: Ben Nevis and Glen Coe by Cicerone, covering hundreds of the best winter climbs on Ben Nevis and in the Glen Coe area, with classics such as Point Five Gully, Tower Ridge, SC Route and Aonach Eagach, and routes ranging from straightforward Grade I snow gullies and ridges through to extreme test pieces above Grade VIII.
Routes in the Ben Nevis and Glen Coe guidebook include Point Five Gully, Tower Ridge, SC Route and Aonach Eagach, tackled from bases in Glen Coe and Fort William.

Winter climbing guidebooks
If you'd like to experience winter climbs in Scotland yourself, Cicerone publish two guides:
Winter Climbs: Ben Nevis and Glen Coe – Selected snow, ice and mixed routes in a two-volume set
https://www.cicerone.co.uk/winter-cli....
Also available is a guide covering the summer scrambling, climbing and winter mountaineering on
Scotland's Mountain Ridges
https://www.cicerone.co.uk/scotlands-...

Also check out
Lake District Winter Climbs:
https://www.cicerone.co.uk/lake-distr...

A full length live video is available on the Cicerone website here:
https://www.cicerone.co.uk/expert-q-a...
And on YouTube here:
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About Mike Pescod
Having climbed on Ben Nevis and in Glen Coe for fifteen years, Mike Pescod has an in depth knowledge of the climbs, the weather and the conditions you can experience. Working full time as a mountain guide for ten years, Mike has been on Ben Nevis over a thousand times and regularly spends up to a hundred days climbing each winter both professionally and recreationally. Mike has been on climbing trips right across Europe as well as to Russia, Tajikistan, Nepal, East Africa and Peru but it is the unique quality of the climbing in Scotland that gives him the most enjoyment and satisfaction. With his wife, Louise, he runs a mountain guiding and instruction company and has every intention of climbing in the hills here for many years to come.