I was working for UHI at the WHC on the Outdoor adventure Ledeadership course with Dave, Andy and Ben. The students have already been on a mountain bike and canoe exped, and now was the time for the last of the exped trilogy - the walking exped. We headed over to the west coast and the Ardnish Penninsula, planning to camp around the Peanmeanach Bothy.
The snow was down to sea level, but below 300m it was never too deep, to walk easily through.
With the snow down so low, the hills looked like munros. The sky constantly looked threatening..
We took a roundabout route, teaching and testing their navigation.
We were fortunate to get snow taking the visibility down to about 50m. This was the first day walking on snow for some of the students.
We delayed our progress and had a late lunch waiting for sunset and the dark for a few hours of night nav down to the bothy. This area turned out ot be a great spot for all levels of nav training. We arrived at the bothy at 6.30pm.
The next day we set off on day 2. The group were bursting with confidence in their navigational skills and so we set some more difficult nav legs, which they brushed off with ease.
Peanmeanach Bothy
Eigg in the mid-distance and Rum in the far-distance (with snow capped peaks).
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