Affric Magic – Strawberry cottage at its best
After brief greetings in the darkness of the car park at the road end, all luggage was easily hoovered up by the Volvo Estate and
The Igloo Camp by Chris Townsend
Back in 2018 I went to Glen Affric with members of the Inverness Backcountry Snowsports Club. The weather had started stormy but finished glorious. Now
Lyons Leap – The Glenlyon meet Feb 22
After following the beautiful winding Glen Lyon we arrived at the luxurious country house on Friday evening to very little snow on the surrounding hills.
Wild West – an amazing weekend in Kintail
After a week with two named storms, a ski day was keenly awaited and everything was falling into place for a windless powder day on
Champagne and Unexpected Powder
After many warm and dreich weeks, the possibility of snow in the forecast was cause for some excitement in the build up to the trip to
The Highland Line – Loch Ossian without the snow
Another weekend, another club trip. This is one of the annual trips the club has to offer, and it is always popular. The beautiful setting of
Deeside Destiny – a brilliant (snowless) trip to Upper Deeside
“They were skiing here last week, down to the tree level”. Once Kev had said that, I couldn’t quite get it out of my head. But
The Moy Wall of Creag Meagaidh
As we parked up near Loch Laggan, we were excited to see clear summits all around and a pink tinge to the sunrise & were hopeful
Fence Posts for poles: Stretching the legs on Cairngorm
Six club members set off from the base station with a rough plan of skiing up the day lodge piste and then hanging a right following
Slochd ski trails Night ski
Midweek skiing less than half an hour from the front door is one of the perks of living in the Inverness area and it's nice when
Cairngorm to Ben Macdui Post Christmas tour
It was with low expectations of boiler-plate ice and banks of cloud that the group of six gathered at the Cas car park, with Al’s full-ceremonial
Glen Feshie freshies
An impromptu gathering of pre Christmas club keenies assembled at Balachroick in Glen Feshie after the IBSC grapevine had suggested the location had caught the snow