North West Highlands Sept

Guide - Ian
Customers - Bonnie, Melanie, Marilyn, Nora, Kirk, Juliet
Conditions - usual autumn mixture

Big Highland Tour Sept

Guides - Jon, Iza, Andy
Customers - Lyn, Fran, Christina, Janet, Judy, Laurie, Steve
Conditions - two weeks with everything from left-over hurricane at Arrochar and snow on Ben Nevis to sunny days on Skye and at Gairloch - finishing in a snow storm on Cairngorm



Highland Railways & Hills July

Guides - Jon, Sophie & Andy
Customers - Mark & Laura, Ian & Mag, Kerry, David & Jennie, Saul & Esther, Julie & Rafa, John
Conditions - Grey mostly, but the sun came out on Skye and stayed out, allowing us an ascent of Ben na Lap at the end of the week

Descending Ben na Lap

Blaven on Skye

Skye Discovery July

Guide - Ian
Customers - Elaine, Vicky, Marki, Kate, Erik

Western Lochs & Highlands June

Guide - Ian
Customers - Elaine, Lesley & John, Maurica & David

Highlands Railways and Hills June

Guides - Jon, Isabelle

Clients - Tracey & Martin, Dana & Bill, Martin & Kazuyo, Katsumassa & Taeko, Pauline, David, Sabine & Annette

Conditions - a bit grey, followed by a torrential rain causing a landslide blocking the West Highland Line for a week

Group at the Steall Falls 

North West Highlands June

Guide - Ian
Customers - Lindsay, Liz, Claire

Private Skye Tour June

Guide - Jon
Customers - Alice, Tom, Craig, Connor

Conditions - Proper Skye heatwave

Loch Coruisk from Sgurr na Stri

Walking Whisky and Wildlife June

Guide- Peter
Clients - Peter & Margaret, Jane, Cherry, Dee-Ann, Marcia, Maureen

Ben Lomond 9th June

Guide - Jon
Customers - Carey, Michael, Jessie
Conditions - Mixed
FIrst Ben Lomond trip of the year for Walkabout (discounting a wet adventure in May) - the hill was really busy with a couple of charity events (who were well briefed since there was no one dropping litter).

It was a true midgie-fest on the summit so we climbed down via the steeper Ptarmigan Ridge route to avoid both sets of crowds.

Skye Discovery June

Guides - Ian, Des & Sophie
Customers - Keiko, Sherrie, Monique, Patricia, Martha, Cathy, Ray

Ben Nevis weekend June

Guide - Jon
Customers - Vic and Patsy, Katalin and Liz
Conditions - Glorious!

We were still in the Highland Heatwave so Ben Nevis was pretty busy but we got up there in good time and spent an hour or so on the summit relaxing in the snow patch. The Buachaille on Sunday was a good contrast - less people and a complete absence of litter

Heart of the Highlands May

Guides: Ian & Des
Customers: Abigail, Thomas, Heather, Thoralf

Cairngorm Plateau typical summer view

Conditions: Mixed (Heatwave, snow!)

Telecom Ireland Cork Hillwalking Club - Glencoe & Ben Nevis Big Hill Days

Guides - John Paul, Gary & Jon
Customers - Tadhg, Willie, Bertie, Charlie, Christy, Con, Danny, Declan, Joe, Mick, Mick, Tadhg

Group on the Ballachuilish Hills - 1st day

Conditions - Complete heatwave! It is truly disconcerting when you turn up early in Fort William to pick up supplies before the 10 hour adventure which is the Carn Mor Dearg Arrete route up Ben Nevis and the temperature gauge on the Nevis Centre is already reading 20c at 08.30am...


1st Day - Ballachuilsh Hills
2nd Day - CMD
3rd Day - Mamores
4th Day - Lost Valley of Glencoe

Big Highland Tour - May

Guide - Peter
Customers - Hayley & Amanda, Blair & Peggy, Dolly, Stefania, Beth and Alda for the first week
Conditions - Wintry for the first few days, glorious sunshine and snow on Ben Nevis, complete heatwave in the second week

All-Edinburgh Cup Final Day trip to Drummochter Pass Hills

Guides - Jon & Dixie
Clients - 11 Hearts fans and neutrals from Quintiles Sports & Social Club
Conditions - Clear and surprisingly warm in between the snow showers
This was a fun trip as we had the background of the first all Edinburgh Cup Final in a century which the group had decided to miss by walking over three of the Drummochter Pass Munros (Geal Charn, Ben Udlamain and a' Mharconaich) - a good ten mile walk but with less ascent than most multi-munro bagging days. We also stopped for some excellent pub food and beers in the Atholl Arms on the way home.

Skye Discovery May

Guide - Ian
Customers - John & Elizabeth, Erin & Brian, Bryce
Conditions - Well it isn't summer yet!

Ben Vorlich (Loch Earn) private trip Saturday 5th May

Guide - John Paul
Customers - Monique and friends

Ben Vrackie by Train - Monday 19th March

Guide - Jon
Clients - Will, Suze & Sandra Dee
Conditions - Overcast, warm-ish low down and wintry wind on the summit
This was our first day tour of 2012 - the previous 3 winters we have still been skiing in mid March (either at one of the Scottish ski centres or touring around the Glenshee hills) - today we had no hint of snow or ice on Ben Vrackie and just a few glimpses of snow stripes over on Shiehalion, Ben a Ghlo and the southern Cairngorms when the icy wind intermittently lifted the cloud base. We wandered off back to Pitlochry by way of the Bealach path before stopping for a tasty pub dinner and real Atholl Ale at the Moulin Inn