🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Ben Nevis - Scotland. Four days winter mountaineering

First days in Glasgow, Fort William and Ben Nevis already were stunning

I have to admit that we are being lucky with the weather. Planning the trip 5 month ago and getting 4 days of nice weather after the huge Eowin storm was unlikely to happen. It's funny how, since I was a child, I always felt connected to the Scottish Highlands. Something in the atmosphere that makes me feel like home. Maybe the subtle blend of nature quietness, wide spaces, landscapes diversity and contrasts, discreet and authentic human life, unique culture and music.

Tower Ridge on third day, down to Fort William on fourth

Thursday 30th January was a unique day. Meaning that these amazing weather conditions happen only once a year, and here we were to witness it. What a chance ! In winter in Scotland, lights are dimmed and contrasted, which gives this strange impression through photos that it's always night. With my two autonomous parties, we had a great time climbing up Tower Ridge. A first nice pitch on top of the access couloir, then a lot of walking together with short rope. The climbing started again in little tower and great tower, with two easy to medium difficulty pitches. Then we passed the famous "tower gap", a funny down and up across a 3 meters deep gap. Feeling that we reached the climax of our trip, we decided to leave the refuge on Friday to take the most of our last day in Fort William with some indoor climbing, burgers at the pub and distillery visit. We also had the chance to admire the landscapes of Glencoe and Loch Lomond on our drive back.Scotland, I already miss you ! No doubts I'll come back, as soon as possible.

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