Articles tagged with "hillwalking"
Flora and Fauna
I was guiding on Ben Lawers today, on the 1st of October 2026. There were so many beautiful autumnal details: ...
Hiking and Hillwalking
Winter is often a time for reflection, and as the days close in and activities wind down after a busy...
Hiking and Hillwalking
The Meall nan Tarmachan ridge is a fine venue for a winter’s day hill walk. Twice now this season, I’ve...
Navigation
When teaching navigation, some of the biggest errors I see arise from people either walking too far or not far...
Navigation
Navigation strategy is about devising an effective plan to find a target. Walking in a straight line to your target...
Hiking and Hillwalking
The Mullardoch Round is one of the biggest Munro-bagging challenges in Scotland: 55km, just under 5000m ascent and 12 Munros...
Hiking and Hillwalking
Ben Macdui is Scotland’s second-highest mountain (1,309m) and is a big hill day at any time of year, but particularly...
Duke of Edinburgh's Award
With the onset of Spring and the start of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award expedition season, instructors at Aspen Outdoors...
Hiking and Hillwalking
It’s been another great weekend of winter hillwalking, this time in the Loch Muick, Lochnagar area. Our base was Glas...
Hiking and Hillwalking
Whilst most were on their way to work last Monday morning, I headed north, with Paul and Isaac, to Blair...