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| Cautious | Route Climbed: Various, most interesting being Tower Ridge Date Climbed: Various  | |
| Climbed via a very greasy Douglas Boulder. A fun day out. | |
| Posted Jun 24, 2005 10:00 am | ||
| dansearle | Route Climbed: Tourist route Date Climbed: Easter 2005 | |
| Almost perfect weather considering it was late March. Lots of snow at the top. Cloud only closed in a little bit at the top, but otherwise warm and sunny. | ||
| Posted Jun 21, 2005 9:27 am | ||
| arczi | Route Climbed: normal route Date Climbed: 22 october 2002 | |
| really bad weather, blind walkin' | |
| Posted Mar 17, 2005 5:05 pm | ||
| soderkisen | Route Climbed: Ridge over Carn Mor Dearg Date Climbed: March 7, 2005 | |
| Good weather on the ascent and the descent. Whiteout on the summit, bad sight but still enjoyable. Overall, an easy and good hike which I recommend... | |
| Posted Mar 17, 2005 3:54 am | ||
| vertx | Route Climbed: Standard Route Date Climbed: September 28, 2004 | |
| In a word ... RAIN. Okay, a few more. Fog, drizzle, mist. Well that about sums it up. Nice view ... of 5 feet in front of me and my feet. Had a good time anyway. I loved Scotland and the people! | |
| Posted Oct 3, 2004 5:56 pm | ||
| Attila the Hun | Route Climbed: CMD Arete Route Date Climbed: 10th July 2004 | |
| A nice climb, pity about the weather. The whole thing was shrouded in mist and fog from about 7-800m up. Nice bit of scrambling to be had on the arete coming up to the Ben. I wouldn't recommend the standard tourist route. Seems a wee bit boring. | |
| Posted Aug 10, 2004 10:42 am | ||
| ejgriffin | Route Climbed: Standard Tourist Route Date Climbed: June 27, 2004 | |
| In the clouds most of the way up. Rained near the top. A lot of people on the same route. Nothing spectacular | |
| Posted Jul 10, 2004 4:59 pm | ||
| Alan Sharp | Route Climbed: Standard Tourist Route Date Climbed: Early 1980's | |
| A good days hike and some great views. | |
| Posted Apr 23, 2004 9:36 am | ||
| markradford | Route Climbed: No4 Gulley (ascent ) and CMD Arete (decsent) Date Climbed: 1st March 2004 | |
| A monster alpine day out on the best hill in the land. Perfect alpine weather, mint gulley conditions in no 4 and the CMD arete was awesome. Climbing team of Peter 'the lion' Jackson; Alastiar 'two axes' Williamson and Mark 'Lord Champagne' Radford. | |
| Posted Mar 5, 2004 1:58 pm | ||
| Scott M. | Route Climbed: Standard Tourist Route Date Climbed: June 14, 1990 | |
| Did this with my wife on our 3rd anniversary while traveling in the UK. Had a great morning with the top completely enveloped in mist. | |
| Posted Feb 15, 2004 4:11 pm | ||
| HikeMonkey | Route Climbed: CMD Arete Date Climbed: August 1999 | |
| I climbed the CMD arete on a sunny (!) day with Monty after we'd finished walking the West Highland Way. There was a piper on top. We could see all the way back to Glasgow. Almost. A great way to end a great walk. | |
| Posted Feb 11, 2004 10:45 am | ||
| Dan Bailey | Route Climbed: CMD Arete, Ledge Route, Tower Ridge, Centurion Date Climbed: many | |
| Best hill in the world? | |
| Posted Feb 11, 2004 5:47 am | ||
| Dave Dinnell | Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: July 1993 | |
| Even the standard Rt. can be challenging in the right conditions. Hiked up with my fiance (she married me anyway) in typical weather-foggy, "are you sure this is the way?", rainy, snowy, and windy. View from the summit? Could barely see my feet. Wonder what winter conditions are like... | |
| Posted Jan 9, 2004 4:46 pm | ||
| Probemeister | Route Climbed: Tower ridge Date Climbed: August 2003 | |
| Started by the direct route on the douglas boulder, this must be the biggest boulder in the world at 200m high. We continued to the top via tower ridge which is a fantastic easy climb/hard scramble, short sections of UIAA III. It was hot without a breath of wind, even on the summit. | ||
| Posted Aug 19, 2003 5:56 am | ||
| Grant Mockler | Route Climbed: Carn Mor Dearg Arete Date Climbed: 13 August 2002 | |
| Climbed with girlfriend while on touring holiday around Scotland. Weather was clear until we got on to the ridge. Had great lunch at CCC hut with great views of north face. Great day out but need to watch time as we only just got down before it sun down. Planning second climb on this route in 2003. | ||
| Posted Jul 11, 2003 5:35 am | ||
| HawkeyeHufford | Route Climbed: Normal Date Climbed: May 15, 2000 | |
| Made it to the top in just under 3 hours. Visibility good until on the summit plateau. Descending was very tough on my knees. Recovered in time to climb Snowdon three days later. Really enjoyed meeting other hikers, especially at the Glen Nevis Youth Hostel." Steve Hufford Anchorage, AK USA | ||
| Posted May 2, 2003 12:36 pm | ||
| Phil McLean | Route Climbed: Carn Mor Dearg arete Date Climbed: 13th July 1994 | |
| Usual route from Glen Nevis to lochan, up onto Carn Mor Dearg, along the arete, up the Ben, down the tourist route. Excellent weather, fantastic visibility, still a good bit of snow on the top. One of my earlier Munros, aged 13. | |
| Posted Apr 6, 2003 2:26 pm | ||
| Attic Tony | Route Climbed: standard route Date Climbed: 17th June 2002 | |
| My first ever Munro (Scottish 3000er), was lucky to have great weather for it - in fact, this was the only day it didn't rain during my week-long trip to Scotland. Hope to be back soon to try some different routes. | |
| Posted Mar 24, 2003 12:31 pm | ||
| markradford | Route Climbed: Tourist Route (winter) Date Climbed: 24th Feb 2003 | |
| We were lucky to catch the tail end of the continetal high creating alpine weather over the Nevis Range for the last two weeks. Glorius sunshine, low wind from valley to summit. Snow line about 900m, bit higher than my last winter visit 3 years ago, but great hard packed snow. This time was with my wife, sister in law and dad, this was their first winter munro - and what a way to start ! Why is it that you always go tooled up like a himalayan climber - and you meet some one on the summit in tweeds, courdroy trousers and a stout pair of boots ! Why do they do it !! | |
| Posted Feb 26, 2003 10:16 am | ||
| Andy Kennedy | Route Climbed: Tourist Trudge! (Winter) Date Climbed: 3 January 2003 | |
| Plod Plod Plod...long tedoius and cold. For most of the way we believed we might get a view from the summit as it was clear of cloud, however, true to form 300m from the summit the cloud clogged up and we reached the summit in white out conditions! Did tak a sneaky peak down tower gully and gardyloo gully though, they look like a bit of a laugh, perhaps a little later in the season. On the way down the cloud cleared from the summit (predicatably) and we reached the car some 10hrs after leaving it. Despite the monotony of the walk, zig zagging up and down, the views to the south were spectacular and its one youve just gotta chalk off whatever route you do. | |
| Posted Jan 30, 2003 9:24 am | ||
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