After a long drive to Fort William from Plymouth it was great to get out on the hill today. For the next Six days Gwilym and I are working with six sixth form students on a winter mountain skills course.
We parked at the Nevis range ski centre and took the Gondola up to the cafe at 650m. From here we travelled south east toward Aonach an Nid and taught various skills on route (crampon use, ice axe arrest and bootwork).
A quick bite to eat and we then set off up some grade 1 ground onto the ridge which we followed up to the plateau. A leisurely stroll back down to the cafe with a few skills along the way and a successful first day was completed with six happy students.
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