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| Barrie & Jo counting how many folk on Ledge Route |
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| A place for ourselves, below NE Buttress |
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| Some steep ground below Zero Gully |
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| Jo & Barrie practising the 'self belay' |
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| Ready? Go! |
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| Jo on the 'head first on your back' axe arrest position |
Barrie & Jo are out with me for a two days winter skills course this weekend. We arrived at the North Face carpark which was completely full and about 20 cars parked down the access track! Is it a public holiday? No, its great snow and weather in Lochaber! So we tried to stay away from the crowds, and succeeded by going around the back of the CIC Hut and made our way to the area below Zero Gully. A great wee place to get all the basic skills of movement with axe and crampons. We got lots in today including ice axe arresting and some avalanche awareness, moving on steep ground and glassading back down the hill. There was still a few cm's of soft windslab on top of the old frozen snowpack. The temperatures were below freezing above the hut and with very little wind it was so pleasant.
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