Suilven - a fantastic mountain on the isolated West Coast of Scotland - the isolated area of Absynt has an end of world feeling. Standing at only 730m it does not even make a Munro status, but its shear isolation and prominence makes this climb an epic outing. I wanted to climb something isolated in the North of Scotland. We...

Edinburgh! a wonderful city. Been there again and again to visit my son. In the middle: an extinct volcano called Arthurs Seat. Loads of people normally. One way up is very steep and slippery. Eine Alpine Route (fast)! T3+ at least. Sunday stroll to the top taking the evident gully above the University and scrambling up a...

During Easter everyone is heading South right? so we decided to head North, to be precise to the most NW islands in Europe. Ideally suited to be explored with the help of a camper. Weather permitting of course. This report gives some impressions of our 7 day exploration of these fantastic islands, and some short walks we...

We start in the stunningly beautiful Glen Coe Valley our second day of Scottish Mountaneering.The colours are fantastic and the the route up Coire nan Lochan valley looks direct and leading to a summit shroud in cloud, typical for a Scottish Winter day. The Three Sisters loom above. We start at 10am from the Allt-na-Ruigh...

This report has an English Version / eine DeutscheVersion / una versioneItaliana. Scotland is a paradise for Winter Mountaineering and people from all over the world flock to the stunningly beautiful Highlands in the Winter for excellent mixed and ice climbs. Areas such as Glen Coe, The Cairngorms, Skye and of course The...