Guided Mountain Adventures
If you have got the skills and now want to put them to good use in cool places, then these are the trips for you. They are all run at low ratios with small teams to maximise safety and choice in some of the most beautiful mountain environments we have had the pleasure of visiting.
For every trip we run we have chosen destinations that can be visited from the UK without the need for air travel to try and minimise our carbon footprint. We are constantly striving to make sure our trips are environmentally sustainable.
I have listed them in the order that we run them throughout the year, pick your season and come and join the adventure.
We also run Private Guiding throughout the year in Snowdonia. Read More.
winter adventures
Scottish Winter Mountaineering & Climbing
Based out of Fort William this week is spent climbing the best winter routes around Ben Nevis and Glen Coe from grade 1 to grade 5 with classics including the Aonach Eagach, Tower Ridge, Curved Ridge and more.
Month: March
Ratio: 1:2
Previous Experience: Winter Skills or higher
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Arctic Summits Snowshoe Trip
The magical combination of sea, snow, Northern Lights and mountains is captured nowhere better than the Lyngen Alps and Kvaløya which sit either side of the gorgeous city of Tromso. I have been visiting the area for several years now on holidays with friends, exploring the beautifully wild mountains, gazing in awe at the Northern Lights and enjoying the thrill of snow from summit to sea. Having got to know the area I thought it was about time I shared it and hence this winter walking trip that allows everyone to access one of my favourite places in the world.
Location: Troms, Arctic Norway
Ratio: 1:4
Length: 5 days including a day of dog sledding or snow mobile driving
summer adventures
guided grade 1 scrambling, snowdonia
Two days of guided grade 1 scrambling in Snowdonia. We head out on the best scrambles that Snowdonia has to offer to tick off some of the classic ridges and gullies.
Ratio: 1:4
Length: 2 days
Sail & Climb Scottish Highlands & Islands
A week long trip where we climb the wild mountains of Knoydart, gaining access by sailboat and wild camping on the coastline.
Ratio: 1:4
Length: 5 Days
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Skye Scrambling
If you like scrambling then you will love Skye. Perhaps the most popular trip we run (it is often fully booked 12 months in advance) this is the Mecca of British Mountaineering. I have visited every year since I was 17 years old – it is simply ace!
Month: May
Ratio: 1:2
Previous Experience: Advanced Scrambling
Ben Nevis & Glencoe scrambling
This is a week long trip exploring the best scrambling in Glencoe and Lochaber. Over the five days we will team up at a 1:2 ratio to enjoy the best routes that the area has to offer. Classic objectives include the Ring of Steall, CMD Arete, Tower Ridge, Castle Ridge, The Aonach Eagach, Curved Ridge and much more.
Month: June
Ratio: 1:2
Previous Experience: Advanced Scrambling
walkers haute route – Swiss alps
This is a 5 day trek through the heart of the Swiss Alps. Starting in Verbier you will enjoy some of the most stunning mountain scenery in the world. A beautiful trek that is hard to beat!
Month: August
Ratio: 1:4
Previous Experience: UK hillwalking
Tour of the Jungfrau – Swiss alps
The Tour of the Jungfrau Region guided holiday journeys through some of the most stunning scenery Switzerland has to offer. Over the 5 days we will have fantastic views of the Jungfrau 4000m giants, we will walk the Eiger trail underneath the famous north face, descend into the out of this work Lauterbrunnen Valley with its stunning rock wall and waterfalls and stay in the car free village of Murren perched high up above the valley.
Month: August
Ratio: 1:4
Previous Experience: UK hillwalking
swiss 3000m summits
This is a week of trekking in the Swiss Alps where we tick off some of the more accessible 3000m summits. This is one of our adventures where you don’t need a massive amount of previous experience and yet you can be amongst some of the worlds most stunning summits for the week.
Month: August
Ratio: 1:4
Previous Experience: Summer hill walking
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the snowdonia fifty
adventures at home
This is my attempt to put together a list of 50 adventures to be had in Snowdonia that will work all year round in a variety of different weathers.
I wanted to put together a list that would inspire us to stay local, to enjoy what we have here in North Wales and to inspire us to get out whatever the weather might throw at us. Hence the list is not all climbing – it is meant to be something anyone can aspire too, perhaps with a bit of training along the way.
Adventures with friends
Above – My first big walling trip took me to Brazil – climbing a new route on an 800m unclimbed wall – thankfully as a film maker with 4 of Britains best climbers.
Below – A solo on Ledge Route with a drone that went viral.
Ski Touring in the Silvretta
Crib Goch, a dog and a quad – a steep dog walk production 🙂
Not strictly climbing but still an adventure! A regular client of mine, Simon, took over as the boss of the RAF Squadron in charge of the Hawks at Valley and I got a flight. The link above is the gallery and here is the blog post.
