Highland Climbing Company Scotland

HCC has been really busy so far this summer, Jack has been out scrambling on the cuillin, climbing all over Scotland and guiding some bespoke courses.

We are looking to fill a few more dates in July and August. 𝕎𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕒𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕠𝕠𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕤!

If you would like to book on a course an work on something specifically then we are more than happy to taylor the day around that, if the price is a bit to expensive then let us know because we can get someone else with similar interests to join the course to help make it more affordable. 😊

Looking to improve your climbing skills?

We have so many different taylor made courses.

There is no time pressure In these sort of courses, it's an environment where we stretch your comfort zone but do it in a slow and calculated way.

Giving you lots of tips and tricks and helping build you up in your confidence in climbing, be in trad, sport climbing, rescues, walking, scrambling!

Get in touch over message on Instagram or on profile.
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Jack had am awesome day guiding a classic route on the shelterstone. The steeple then into the needle!

Beautiful weather and awesome company!

If your looking to tick some climbs, send us a message we still have a few dates available for the next few months...
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I hope you were out in the sunshine today!
With there still being snow on the high tops it's still felt a bit wintery, but today finally felt like summer in the North West of Scotland.

So what are we up to?

Jack is home after 6 weeks of being in the Alps and Ella has been busy getting ready for her Mountain Climbing Instructor assessment in July.

So busy busy, but we are both now in Scotland and our Skye Season begins on Monday with a 3 day climbing course, finding dry rock and esoteric climbs!

Yahoo!!!! 😝

Jack knows skye very well and can pick and choose beautiful places depending on weather and what you would like to get out of a course...

So as always if you would like to book a course with us, then get in touch and we can help build a really fun few days in the Highlands of Scotland.

Jack and I have been enjoying a few weeks of personnel missions, Jack in the Alps and I've been busy enjoying the last few days of Scottish winter.

We have been planning adventures and taking lots of summer bookings, so drop us a message if you want to plan and Adventure with us, guiding and teaching you along the way.

Jack and I aim to make people more independent in the mountains, we talk you through our decisions and download as much information as we can into you.

We have both come from different outdoor backgrounds so we bring a variety of experience that we use to sculp amazing adventures.

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It has been an amazing first winter for Highland Climbing Company.

We have had so many adventures with so many of you! Thank you for supporting me, Jack and Mr Furlough!

As we start to wrap up our final days of winter skills courses we are now starting to take booking for the summer!

Check out our website www.highlandclimbingcompany.com and have a look at all the exciting courses we have running.

Guided climbing, learn to trad climb, scramble, walk? Any of those take your fancy?

Drop us a message!

What a winter!

It's been a tricky winter with lots of challenging conditions, which in many ways has been great for teaching and really showing people why we need to have good knowledge and skills to be in the mountains.

I've been instructing on lots of skills courses and it has been extremely fulfilling to watch people's confidence grow in the winter! 😄

And of course Furlough has absolutely loved joining on a few of the days too! 🧡

Furlough has really loved joining Ella on a few different Winter skills weekends, it's been amazing to teach people about how to look after a dog in the mountains ⛰️

- how to know what to have them wearing?
- when to put them on a lead
- what food to give them
- how to stop snow balling up in their paws

There has been a lot of trial and error and learning to trust little Furlough so with the information both Jack an El have learnt, we then love sharing that with people who ask!

And Furlough absolutely loves the attention!

Jack and one of our freelance guides Sam took a group of 4 mountaineering today!
Looking at steep ground and observing some very reactive snow.
Lots learnt and them 2 teams had a brilliant day out!

It's been a busy week or so of guiding in the Highlands.

Last week, I had the pleasure of getting out with Adrian and Jamie again. A tough week of conditions as day 2 of the week marked the end of the calm, stable spell we had been having. Scotland really is a fantastic place to practice the skills needed to embrace all the mountains have to throw at you.

Great week of climbing and laughing while dangerling around the place.

Jack has had 2 brilliant days guiding on Ben Nevis, despite the incoming storm!

It's amazing you can always find something sheltered from the wind in the Ben.

So the team climbed the 'South West Ridge' in the Douglas Boulder on Saturday and then climbed 'Gutless' on the Douglas Boulder on Sunday.

The Douglas Boulder had safe slopes with no avalanche danger and the Douglas Boulder also kept the team sheltered from the wind.

Thank you so much team! It was a great weekend!

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Making the most of a day with the day with the team today first up was Doctors Choice then a quick pitch up Aladins Direct.

The team did fantastic

Bring on more tomorrow

3 great days delivering a Mountaineering Course to receptive and talented students. Scotland, the gift that keeps on giving.

Working for Glenmore Lodge

Scotland really is the best when it shows its colours!!

Lovely day out teaching on Ben Nevis

The team led themselves up most of Number 5 gully and then made a speedy decent down Ledge route.

I love helping people develop the skill to enjoy the Mountains I have such a passion for!!

Working for my good friend

What is your favorite route? One that you will never forget?

Jack has got quite a few but one in particular that he actually just recently climbed was 'The Citadel' VIII:8 shelterstone.

The reason being is Jack climbed the Citadel in summer 3 years ago with Ella in the summer, and climbed it in Tshirts and thought 'wow imagine this in the winter'
It was such a beautiful summer climb and had such a great day.

Then to come back 3 years later and climb it in the winter was absolutely spectacular! Everything a route like that should of been.

📸 we're taken in the Alps on a Montane climbing shoot with Kati.

Ready for winter! Because the forecast is promising!!!

We still have a few available spaces to fill, so drop us a message!

But we will be posting as much as we can about all of our exciting adventures! 😃😃😃😃

Jack has had an amazing start to the winter!

VII:7 - 'Good Groove' - Ben Nevis

VIII:8 - 'Avenging Angel direct' - Ben Nevis

VII:7 - 'Shang-high' - Beinn Eighe

V:6 - 'Corner Route' - Beinn Eighe

VI:6 - 'Head Hunter' - Coire Lochain Cairngorms

VI:7 - 'The Crack' - Coire Lochain Cairngorms

VI:7 - 'hookers Corner' - Coire Lochain Cairngorms

V:6 - 'Over seer Direct' - Coire Lochain Cairngorms

VI:7 - 'The Genie' - Sneachda (with a straightly harder 2nd pitch variation following the Magic Crack summer line)

V:6 - 'Burning and Looting' - Sneachda

* what an amazing start to the season, and looking forward to our season of teaching and guiding!

Winter Climbing Courses!!!

JACK!!
Fully Qualified and insured Winter Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor ✅️

First Aid trained ✅️

Over a decade of winter climbing experience in Scotland ✅️

Fully equipped for Scottish winter ✅️

Want to know more about our guides? Get in touch and we would love to tell you more!

All our Climbing Courses are Bespoke so get in touch about dates 📅

Thinking Winter Yet?

Fancy ticking off some routes that you have had your eye on for a while?

Or refresh your Winter Skills?

All our dates are on our website!

www.highlandclimbingcompany.com

𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰

𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝘾𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙂𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜/𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜:
22-26 𝙅𝙖𝙣𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙮
29-2 𝙅𝙖𝙣𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙮
3-4 𝙁𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙮
10-11 𝙁𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙮
12-16 𝙁𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙮

*if any of these dates don't work please drop us a message with your availability.

𝙍𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤:
1:1 𝙤𝙧 1:2

𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗖𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼.

Drier than expected today on Skye for these Epic 3 ladies to explore some lesser travelled areas of the range.

These 3 are not only lovely company but are experienced in the mountains, to say the least l. WIth Ridge Traverses, triple Munro round competitions, via ferrata holidays and Scottish winte climbing to list some of their accomplishments!!

So, with that in mind, I knew they would be up to the challenge even with some challenging weather in the morning, but magic view in the afternoon made it all the more worthwhile.

Well done lady's it was a total pleasure. 👏

𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀
𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘈𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘦
𝘙𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰: 1:1 𝘰𝘳 1:2
𝘈𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺: 𝘉𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥
𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦: £300 𝘧𝘰𝘳 1:1 𝘰𝘳 £330 𝘧𝘰𝘳 1:2

Easy transport links, walkable distances to shops and clean affordable accommodation in each location.

Book your winter courses now and let's start planning your adventures!

𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

•𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘦: 13 - 14 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 2024
•𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘈𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦, •𝘊𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴
•1:6 𝘙𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰
•𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦: £195 𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯

Our Winter Skills and Summits courses is for anyone who is just starting out in Winter to someone who would like to build their skills.

This course is in Aviemore so plenty of accommodation, good transport links an easy to walk to the shops.

We have an extensive kit list and most of it is rentable so you don't have to spend hundreds of pounds on kit, Don't worry! 😊

If these dates don't work for you we have plenty more online and equally get in touch as we still have available dates free that we haven't got courses on 😊

It has been an incredible summer season on Skye, 10 Cuillin traverses for Jack and lots of individual scrambling days, rock climbing days and exploring the mountains all over Scotland!

So many highlights, so here are a few pictures 📸

We can't thank you all enough for such an incredible season with you all, each trip was filled with new memories and laughter.
We both absolutely love our jobs of taking people to these amazing places and giving as much information and teaching skills to build peoples confidence and ability in the mountains, it is so satisfying! So thank you all for coming, and we hope to see you all again soon!

On a side note we still have availability on our winter courses!

They are online at www.highlandclimbingcompany.com
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Annie, you were fantastic!
Another successful Traverse of the Cuillin Ridge. 11 out of 11 munros and a classy night's sleep under the stars and moon.

Total pleasure today!!
Today, I had the pleasure of guiding returning guests Jane Julian and Bridge on a tour of the Cioch in beautiful weather.

That is one adventurous 9 year old and some pretty cool parent to encourage her to follow her adventurous hobbies.

Can't wait to see what the best adventure will be.

A classy end to a classy course!
With a great forcast and enough wind to keep the midge away, myself and the guys headed into the Northern end on the Cuillin. Taking in the Uber classic Pinnical Ridge and ticking off our last 3 Munros for the week 11 out of 11!

Well done, gents! See you over the winter.

Phewww what a busy couple of weeks it's been for the team!
So here are a few snaps of what Jack has been up to...

Greg, Ben, Eddy and Paul came back for round 2! Last year the gents spent a few amazing days in the mountains and they came back wanting more this year!

So a day on Aonach Eager in Glen Coe, a beautiful ridge traverse all the way through the heart of glencoe.

And day 2 was on the famous curved ridge which is a beautiful scramble up the crest of one of the most famous and iconic munro's the Buachaille! The most picturesque mountain and world class climbing all round on it!

Weldone team! 😄😄😄

Working for West Coast mountain guides.

𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙁𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙨 😆😅😍😘

It's both of our favorite time of year! And we cannot wait to kick start the season in just under 5 months!!!

So, no matter your skill we have so many different courses ranging from beginner courses to progressing your leading in winter or maybe your just keen to tick of some Scottish Classics 😀

Ow, and yes of course Scottish winter can vary season to season an we are asked alot '𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌?' But there is always routes to do an places to learn skills from January onwards.

Blue Bird days are amazing but you learn more in your own ability when the environment is challenging I like to think 🤔

𝘚𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯!

Route number 2: Cassin on the north east face of Piz Badile. 800m TD and we desended down the North ridge back to our bivvi site.

Day 1: We drove from Chamonix for 6 hours to reach Bondo. We walked into the base of the route. Seconds after we arrived there was a massive rain storm and hail with mega lightening.( It was meant to be a dry forcast) . Oh jezzzz did it rain 77.5mm in a hour 😳

Day 2: We woke up and started the walk for 5am. It was a cold morning with obvious wet and snowy patches on the wall 😬
The route was wet with verglass and snow on the ledges but we had a blast either way. We climbed mostly in rock shoes but swapped to approach shoes towards the top so we could feel our feet again 🤣

Then made a swift decent down the N ridge with the expected rope wrestling on the low angle Absils and back to the bivvy, but not under the rocks tonight thankfully!

*It was amazing to go back and do the Cassin after backing off it years ago with a friend on my first trip to the alps.

The next day we decended and spent some time eating pizza and ice cream on the shores of lake como....

A climb I'll always look back with fond memories. Thanks Mike and Chris for amazing crack and awesome climbing partners.