Rutchblock test, Dec 2009

We can run a one day avalanche awareness course through out the winter season. This assessment and awareness day is incorporated in all our winter skills courses. This is  a brush up or even a totally new subject for winter hill goers and climbers. This vital knowledge is something every winter enthusiast should be armed with when going out on the hills.

Rutchblock test, Stob Ban. Feb 2010

Testing for hardness of all the layers in the snowpack.

Avalanche debris, Ben Nevis, March 2010

Avalanche debris on the mountain path of Ben Nevis. This was one of the largest avalanches in the winter of 2010 and came right down across the path and down to Lochan Meall an-t-Suidhe.

Avalanche test pit, Ben Nevis Jan 2011

Digging a snow pit and analising the different layers of snow hardness within the snowpack