I have previously hosted on the summer version of these events and enjoyed them but this was my first winter one. I wasn't disapointed and had a great time with Bjorn-Eivind Artun of Norway who had never climbed in Scotland in winter before.
We climbed twice on Ben Nevis, firstly completing an early (?) repeat of 'The Slab Climb' VI 7 on South Trident Buttress.This climb is destined to become a modern mixed classic (and a great early season route) and there are some obvious gaps to be filled in that area for new routers!
We finished with a great ice and mixed day climbing two modern classics 'Albatross' VI 5 and 'Darth Vader' VII 8 to round off a fantastic week.
Earlier on in the week we went to Scotlands 'dry tooling' venue: Birnham Quarry where Dave Mcleod cruised his route 'Fast & Furious'.