Last week I did something I have not done in what seems like years. I used to do it regularly, and it felt as natural as a habit that was ea...

Suffering and affliction gatecrash our lives when we least expect it. Pain is the unwelcome guest which forcibly intrudes into our homes and...

The last time I was in these hills, the almost hurricane-force winds prevented us from ascending to high-level which would have risked being...

My first two attempts to climb the famous "Inn Pinn" ended in dismal failure. On the first go, we made it to the top of Sgurr Dear...

Am Faochgach is a hill completely overshadowed by its neighbours, on virtually every side. The rocky magnificence of the Beinn Dearg Group s...

Bla Bheinn is a truly magnificent mountain - worth saving for a clear day. The route from the car park near the head of Loch Slapin is strai...

Sgurr na Bannachdich is the mountain that sits right in the middle of the Black Cuillin of Skye, and was one of only two Cuillin peaks I did...

Gulvain is a mountain which sits between the Fort William to Mallaig Road, and Loch Arkaig to the North. Cameron McNeish describes Gulvain a...

 My younger son is doing his Mountain Leader training (ML) at the moment, and so is packing in hill-days in order to complete his log-book -...

"The Fisherfield Six" may sound like some long-lost gospel vocal group... but are in fact one of the most sought-after prizes in S...

 Are there any finer areas in Scotland for hillwalking than Kintail? If so - I have yet to find them! The mountains here rise up from the se...

The high upland between Aberfeldy and Loch Tummel is dominated by two Corbetts, Meall Tairneachan and Farragon, the latter of which sounds l...