A beautiful day but not great conditions for nordic touring. The rapid weekend thaw followed by a return to sub zero temps has frozen the snow pack rock hard. We need some fresh snow and, there's some on the way... yippee!

Another amazing day skiing the powder bowls of Sgor Gaoith.

A short but fantastic day skiing the south west flank of Meall a Bhuachaille above Glenmore. Amazing snow conditions and scenery. The tele turns are coming on and still only December 6th!

This weeks weather window was on Monday. I had a great day nordic touring from Cairnwell over to Invercauld Bridge.

A 14 mile round trip on nordic skis to Monadh Mór 1113M from Achlean.

Well the temperatures have certainly jumped, this bought about my first sport climbing day of the year this weekend. In search of shady climbing I went to the Hollywood Bowl near Giggleswick on Yorkshire Limestone.

Today we have started the process of updating our web sites with a new look for info.rockrun.com. Our shopping site at www.rockrun.com will change to a matching design later next week.

For the last two days I have been at Plas y Brenin in North Wales for a Lyon Workshop. Lyon are our supplier who deals with brands which include Petzl, La Sportiva, Beal and many more...

Ridiculous amount of snow in the Highlands. There's been around a metre of damp heavy snow on Speyside since yesterday and more forecast in the next 24 hours.

“Whose ropes shall we use?” Such a frequently asked question that you ask your climbing partners each weekend. However waking up in Dan’s van at Wasdale Head to discover that, due to a mix-up in communication, I had only packed one half, made me wish I had been listening more clearly.