Winter Skills day December 2018
Introductory winter skills with Inverness Backcountry Sports Club. December 16, 2018 nineonesix-guiding Last month I was asked by Nicola Jackson, a friend from Torridon Mountain
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02, 2019
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02, 2019
Inver Croft weekend 8-10 February 2019
Inver Croft weekend A suspicious forecast which varied between a storming Friday followed by 2 days of blizzards and “snow down to glen level” had
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02, 2019
Corrour weekend trip 25th-28th January 2019
As Met Offices promises of “big snow from the west” seemed to peeter out during the week, several of IBSC Team Corrour left their kit
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01, 2019
Glen Feshie Christmas Dinner and Ski Weekend 2018
Christmas Shenanigans Weekend 8th of December The first weekend trip of the season saw the club staying in the cosy Glen Feshie Hostel. Despite it
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09, 2018
Trip Rating
IBSC operates a simple and subjective trip grading system. Snowsports in Scotland are weather and terrain dependant. A trip which is easy one day may
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04, 2018
Weekend bothy ski tour – 10th March 2018
Bothy and Ben weekend, 10/11 March 2017 The forecast for the weekend was particularly grim with a promise of rain and sleet fired by 40mph
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03, 2018
Glen Feshie Ski Tour – 4th March 2018
The Cairngorms had been battered all week but the Beast from the East finally ran out of puff in time for our gathering in Glen
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02, 2018
Glen Lyon weekend – 23rd February 2018
Ballinloan Lodge was the meeting point for the Glen Lyon ski weekend, a first for us all. 6 intrepid tourers (3 Hinds and 3 Stags)
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02, 2018
Glen Affric – 21st January 2018
Some eighteen members were milling about at Chisholm’s Bridge on a grey Sunday morning rubbing their eyes, quite unable to believe the blanket of snow.
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02, 2018
Loch Ossian weekend – 26th January 2018
As is usual for the Loch Ossian Hostel weekend the forecast was grim, promising rain, sleet and high winds. Despite that twelve members, having travelled