Tower Ridge, (winter ascent) - Ben Nevis - IV, 3

The first time that I climbed Tower Ridge in winter was in 2007. Bryn and I had both named it as a must do route at the start of the winter season and were sharing a cottage together in Fort William. The ridge has a reputation for benighting climbers who take too long and/or start too late so we left the house at 5:30am and were at the foot of the route for 7:30am waiting for it to get light! We moved together as much as possible and enjoyed the ridge almost to ourselves. We put in fresh tracks which meant we did the route finding ourselves and that added to the adventure. The Eastern traverse was fairly thin and exciting and we were very pleased to be pulling onto the summit plateau for lunch.

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