Discover the best Winter Climbs around Ben Nevis and Glen Coe
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Winter Climbs Ben Nevis and Glen Coe
by Mike Pescod
A practical guidebook to the best winter climbing routes around Ben Nevis and Glen Coe, with over 900 buttresses, ridges and gullies described giving climbers a wide choice of grades and types. Scottish winter climbing is world renowned, nowhere is it better than on Ben Nevis, the peaks of Glen Coe and surrounding mountains. More...
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Seasons
from October to May with February and March offering the most reliable climbing and April the Read More... unique ice climbing that Ben Nevis is famed forCentres
Fort William and Glen Coe on the west coast of ScotlandDifficulty
everything from first steps in grade I snow gullies to the hardest traditional winter climb in the Read More... world with information on how to judge the climbing conditions and choose the best routeMust See
from the classic climbs of Point Five Gully, the Aonach Eagach and Crowberry Gully to the modern Read More... masterpieces of The Secret and Anubis, on Ben Nevis, Aonach Mor and Beag, The Grey Coires and Mamores, Bidean nam Bian and Buachaille Etive Mor
'This is the sixth edition of this select guide to Winter Climbs in the Lochaber region, and it’s the first to be authored by Mike Pescod. Pescod is stepping into some weighty shoes with the previous authors being Ian Clough, Hamish MacInnes, Ed Grindley and Alan Kimber. Thankfully Pescod is up to the task and this could be the best edition yet.
Pescod knows these hills intimately, having worked as a local guide, and spending much of his life enabling others to enjoy the wealth of climbing in this area. His knowledge is evident throughout this book, with over 40 pages of notes, diagrams and maps covering safety, access and planning a trip before the first climb is even described.
In summary, this is a well thought out and very useful guide covering enough climbs for most visitors lifetimes. For the majority of winter climbers in search of classics this book is good value but the inclusion of the latest testpieces should also have the young tigers shelling out their Christmas book tokens.'
Climb magazine, February 2011
'Following on eight years since Alan Kimber’s last guide, this seventh edition by guide Mike Pescod is a truly masterful piece of work.
Not only do we have included all the new routes, but also fantastic photo topos of each route crag and buttress.
The guide is also packed with advice on route choice and conditions, avalanche rescue and safety information. For the first time the newly developed crags of Stob Coire nan Laoigh and Mullach nan Coirean are also included. Lastly, this excellent new edition has bucked the trend of guide books getting so big and fat you don’t want to pop them in the top of your sack any more.'
Mountain Rescue magazine, January 2011
'This guidebook takes a huge selection (over 900) of the best climbs and, in a marriage of many generations of local knowledge combined with modern computer technology, produces… an excellent, well laid-out and very easy to use guidebook which I would highly recommend to anyone intending to visit Lochaber for winter shenanigans. The wealth of routes described will allow the reader a lifetime of winter visits to Lochaber and to experience the very best of Scottish winter climbing.
An outstanding guide to the area.'
Irish Mountain Log, Summer 2011
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