I’ve had a busy week arranging winter courses and getting out mixed climbing in some excellent conditions. I’ve also had a few problems with the website so I haven’t been able to update the blog but all that is fixed now so I’m going to do a bit of updating this morning and then hopefully keep on top of it.

Early last week the Cairngorms were pretty buried in powder so I headed over to the North West with Will and James. We decided to have a look around Ben Eighe which hadn’t received anywhere near as much snow and made progress a lot smoother. We headed as high as possible to find the best conditions and ended up spotting a great corner line on the Far West Buttress. There was no note of the route in the guide book so we’ve claimed a first ascent of Chocks Away, V 6.