Zig Zags on Gearr Aonach, Glencoe

Our morning started by driving past the Aonach Eagach ridge - in stunning morning condition and sun. The car park at the base of the Eastern start was full.

Chris belaying his team up a section of the Zig Zags climb

Summiting Gearr Aonach

Maddy abseiling off a snow bollard

Zac with Am Bodach as an amazing backdrop

The team (missing 2 - due to sickness, or need of a rest) on it's way down after our day 4 adventure

Day 4 of our mountaineering course. Working with Zac and Chris. We headed into Glencoe to climb the Zig Zags. It turned out to be busy with 2 of Alan Kimbers teams here too. The weather was amazing, and we were all quickly wearing our sunglasses. We learnt a couple of days ago that we needed sunglasses in this weather. However we could see a sheet of cloud coming in from the West. Soon the sun was hidden from us, but still we were climbing in just a jacket over our base layer - normally we're wearing 3/4 layers in mid Feb. An amazing season we're having.

We got up onto Gearr Aonach and started on using our abseil skills we learnt yesterday. The team performed a multi bollard abseil down to flatter ground and our route out.