| Leading LOG BOOK :: CHRISTOPHER SLEIGHT | |||||
| Date | Region | Status | Comments | Peaks 600m | Nights out |
| 14-Apr 09 | Meall Reamhar, Glen Ogle | Leading | Navigation training for trainees on the Herts Scouts IMC course. Pleasant day wondering around in the cloud doing point-to-point. |
1 | 0 |
| 1-Jan 09 | Stob Coir an Albannaich | Leading, Winter | Day one Walked in from Victoria Bridge. River frozen solid. Camped on the north side of Loch Dochard and watched the sunset.
Day two
Day three Herts Scouts AMC. Three trainees and assistant leader (Tom Nichols). |
3 | 2 |
| 31-Dec 08 | Crappich Hill | Leading | Walked up to the Melville monument then onto Crappich Hill for a mixture of nav work and security on steep ground training. Sunny day.
Herts Scouts AMC. Three trainees and assistant leader (Tom Nichols). |
No | 0 |
| 30-Dec 08 | Sgiath Chuil | Leading, Winter | Started at Auchlyne. Nav work in the cloud lower down then headed for the summit after we popped out of the cloud. Stunning views in all directions above cloud inversion. Some more boot/axe work on the eastern snow patches and then back into nav mode when we hit the cloud.
Herts Scouts AMC. Three trainees and assistant leader (Tom Nichols). |
1 | 0 |
| 29-Dec 08 | Ben More | Leading, Winter | Ascended Ben More via the north-east ridge. Cold and cloudy until we popped out of the cloud on the summit. Cold and breezy on the top. Down ridge to bealach between More and Stob Binnein and then raced back to the bus.
Herts Scouts AMC. Three trainees and assistant leader (Tom Nichols). |
1 | 0 |
| 28-Dec 08 | Meall Corranaich | Leading, Winter | Walked up from Lawers Visitors' Centre to col between Meall Corranich and Beinn Ghlas. Spent a couple of hours on axe/crampon coaching. Then up ridge to summit of Meall Corranaich and back to VC. Cloudy and cold, not much wind. Snow consisted of patches of very hard neve.
Herts Scouts AMC. Three trainees and assistant leader (Tom Nichols). |
1 | 0 |
| 24-Mar 08 | An Stuc | Leading, Winter | With Andy Rice, Ollie Henson and Mark. Walked up Lawers Burn then over Meall Garbh and An Stuc. Very cold and windy, -7 on the top without windchill. Loads of snow and lots of it being blown about. Very hard neve on the slopes up to An Stuc, really good fun. Pictures here. | 2 | 0 |
| 31-Dec 07 | Meall nan Tarmachan | Leading, Winter | With four trainees. Weather was mild with rain higher up. Snow was rapidly thawing, though there were still large drifts near the summit. Spent all day in the cloud and concentrated on navigation instruction. Started from the cairn, traversed south to the main path then over the top and down the north ridge. | 1 | No |
| 30-Dec 07 | Ben More | Leading, Winter | With four trainees. Went up the north-east ridge of Ben More. Cloudy and cold. Mainly fresh snow on the top, but there were a couple of icy steps and runnels on the ridge. Looked at snow skills and cutting steps. Descended to col with Stob Binnein then back to the road. | 1 | No |
| 13-Apr 07 | Meal Glas | Leading | Excellent day. Walked up to the wide col via the track which came down to the shielings on the opposite side of the river. Weather hot and sunny, though a bit breezy on the tops. All trainees were adamant they weren't going up anything on the walkout. Managed to persuade/cajole/bribe them to the top of Meall Glas and then Beinn Cheathaich before descending to the valley. A long hot walk down and almost thwarted by a deer fence blocking us from the track, but George managed to get us through a gate.
Assistant leader: Lucy Reed. Four 14-16 year olds. Herts Scouts IMC. |
2 | 0 |
| 12-Apr 07 | Creag Mhor | Leading | From the campsite round the Creag Mhor horseshoe. Lovely weather, cracking day. Even the trainees stopped moaning. Lucy took one back early with asthma problems.
Assistant leader: Lucy Reed. Four 14-16 year olds. Herts Scouts IMC. |
1 | 1 |
| 11-Apr 07 | Ben Challum | Leading | Walked into shielings at foot of Ben Challum. Set up camp then went up Ben Challum. Bit of drizzly rain and in the cloud on the top. Chicken's descent "ramp" proved a bit steep and slippy and I put one of George's trainees on a confidence rope.
Assistant leader: Lucy Reed. Four 14-16 year olds. Herts Scouts IMC. |
1 | 1 |
| 10-Apr 07 | Comrie | Leading | From the monument above Comrie walked out towards Crappich Hill for micro-nav and ropework. Too sunny for nav work really. Very warm.
Assistant leader: Lucy Reed. Four 14-16 year olds. Herts Scouts IMC. |
No | 0 |
| 9-Apr 07 | Ben More | Leading | Walked from A85 up through forest and up north-east ridge of Ben More. Very windy and wet. Turned round just before the top as we could no longer walk in the wind.
Assistant leader: Lucy Reed. Four 14-16 year olds. Herts Scouts IMC. |
No | 0 |
| 8-Apr 07 | Meall nan Tarmachan | Leading | From the cairn up the north ridge of Meall nan Tarmachan. Dropped south just before Meall Garbh. Extremely windy.
Assistant leader: Lucy Reed. Four 14-16 year olds. Herts Scouts IMC. |
1 | 0 |
| 7-Apr 07 | Glen Ogle | Leading | From the Glen Ogle crossing over Meall Buidhe and Eildreach. Sunny and warm. Introductory day for the trainees.
Assistant leader: Lucy Reed. Four 14-16 year olds. Herts Scouts IMC. |
2 | 0 |
| 1-Apr 05 | Inverlochlarig | Leading | Walked directly from camp back to Inverlochlarig. Rain early, but cleared up. All trainees reacted most un-stoically to an intricately constructed April Fool, with Gordon Marshall radioing me from his tent pretending to be the station informing us of a late pick-up. One of them even ran off down the track rather than face the proposed walk-out over Beinn a' Chroin. Ho hum.
Four 14 year olds. Herts Scouts IMC. |
No | 0 |
| 31-Mar 05 | Beinn Chabhair | Leading | West-east traverse of Beinn Chabhair. Scrambled up steep ground to cut onto ridge before head of the glen. In thick cloud above 500m. Very tricky nav on complex west ridge. Steep descent east to col and then back to campsite. Eejit trainee with no sleeping bag also admitted to having no hat, gloves or compass. Met Gordon and Andrew Marshall on the way down.
Four 14 year olds. Herts Scouts IMC. |
1 | 1 |
| 30-Mar 05 | Inverlochlarig | Leading | Walked up glen from Inverlochlarig. Camped by stream below Beinn a Chroin and in the afternoon did some micro nav work round the head of the glen. Eejit trainee forgot his sleeping bag and had to walk all the way back down track to Inverlochlarig in the evening to pick it up - three-hour round trip.
Four 14 year olds. Herts Scouts IMC. |
No | 1 |
| 29-Mar 05 | Comrie | Leading | From the monument above Comrie walked out onto Crappich Hill for micro-nav and ropework. In cloud most of the day. Covered confidence roping, setting up basic belays, etc. Excellent area for the middle day of the course. Plenty of spots available for ropework.
Assistant leader: Ed Taylor. Cat Trebilco came along as well as trainee leader. Four 16-17 year olds. Herts Scouts IMC. |
No | 0 |
| 28-Mar 05 | Ben More | Leading, Winter | Walked from A85 up through forest and up north-east ridge of Ben More. Very cold and snowy on top and extremely slippy underfoot. Had a minor-ish slip when trying to find a safe route down just below the summit. No ice-axes, but enough ski poles to go round to help us down the south ridge to the col with Stob Binnein. Dropped east into the valley and back down to the road. Excellent day out.
Assistant leader: Ed Taylor. Four 16-17 year olds. Herts Scouts IMC. |
1 | 0 |
| 27-Mar 05 | Stuc a' Chroin | Leading | From Edinample up valley to col between Ben Vorlich and Stuc a' Chroin. Scrambled up north ridge then up to summit. Cut back to north-west ridge and descended back into Glen Ample. In cloud much of the day. Windy and cold on top with rain and snow showers. One trainee got very cold and it took most of that evening to get him warm again.
Assistant leader: Ed Taylor. Four 16-17 year olds. Herts Scouts IMC. |
1 | 0 |
| 26-Mar 05 | Glen Ogle | Leading | From Lochhearnhead up Glen Ogle to crossing. Walked over Meall Reamhar and back to station. Navigation work. Sunny with a couple of showers.
Assistant leader: Ed Taylor. Four 16-17 year olds. Herts Scouts IMC. |
1 | 0 |
| 25-Apr 03 | Ishag Glen | Leading | Walked back down to Inverlochlarig. Overcast but dry. With Mike Greene's group. Chief Instructor on Herts Scouts IMC. Walked with different group every day. |
No | 0 |
| 24-Apr 03 | Ishag Glen | Leading | Beinn Tulaichean via south ridge. Down to saddle and up to summit of Cruach Ardrain. Split party into two and let them navigate to Stob Glas. Met up on that summit and then descended to camp. Walking in cloud for much of the day, windy on the tops. With Mike Greene's group. Chief Instructor on Herts Scouts IMC. Walked with different group every day. |
3 | 1 |
| 23-Apr 03 | Ishag Glen | Leading | Walked from Inverlochlarig and camped in Ishag Glen. Ascended Beinn a' Chroin in afternoon. Sunny and very warm. With Mike Greene's group. Chief Instructor on Herts Scouts IMC. Walked with different group every day. |
1 | 1 |
| 22-Apr 03 | Glen Ogle | Leading | Scrambled up rocks above viaduct on western side of viaduct. Instructed confidence roping and security on steep ground. Descended back to the viaduct. Overcast some short showers. With Mark Batsford's group. Chief Instructor on Herts Scouts IMC. Walked with different group every day. |
No | 0 |
| 21-Apr 03 | Ben Vorlich | Leading | Route same as 19 April 2003 except ascended Stuc a Chroin via north ridge. One trainee on confidence rope up the north ridge path. Some members of the party needed a lot of encouragement to keep going. Some walking in cloud and very windy on tops. With Mike Hall's group. Chief Instructor on Herts Scouts IMC. Walked with different group every day. |
1 | 0 |
| 20-Apr 03 | Meall nan Tarmachan | Leading | From cairn up north ridge of Meall nan Tarmachan then walked entire Tarmach ridge and back to Lawers visitors centre. Overcast, windy and cold on top. With Andy Hall's group. Chief Instructor on Herts Scouts IMC. Walked with different group every day. |
4 | 0 |
| 19-Apr 03 | Ben Vorlich | Leading | Ardvorlich up track to summit of Vorlich, down to saddle and then up to Stuc a' Chroin via normal "gully" route. Walked back to Edinample. No snow on ground. Fairly windy on top. Summit in cloud. With Eric Johns' group. Chief Instructor on Herts Scouts IMC. Walked with different group every day. |
1 | 0 |
| 1-Apr 02 | Beinn Each | Leading | From Ardchullarie More up Beinn Each and up to Edinample. Scattered cloud and bright. Chief Instructor on Herts Scouts IMC (ages 14-16). Walked with different groups each day. |
1 | 0 |
| 31-Mar 02 | Ben Vorlich | Leading | Ardvorlich to summit of Vorlich and descended the same way. Top of ridge and summit in cloud. Chief Instructor on Herts Scouts IMC (ages 14-16). Walked with different groups each day. |
1 | 0 |
| 30-Mar 02 | Glen Ogle | Leading | Walked over Meall Bhuide up to Beinn Leobhainn. Over Meall Cloiche and back down to Lochearnhead. Navigation practice on top. Sunny and warm. Chief Instructor on Herts Scouts IMC (ages 14-16). Walked with different groups each day. |
1 | 0 |
| 3-Jan 02 | Cruach Ardrain | Leading, Winter | Walked back down to road with improvised carry practice on way down. Assistant leader: Andy Hall. Four 18-19 year olds. Herts Scouts AMC. |
No | 0 |
| 2-Jan 02 | Cruach Ardrain | Leading, Winter | Climbed Y gully on north face of Cruach (grade I). Excellent ice at foot of gully. Continued onto summit then climbed Beinn Tuleichean, back to camp. Windy but bright. High clouds - another amazing sunset. Assistant leader: Andy Hall. Four 18-19 year olds. Herts Scouts AMC. |
2 | 1 |
| 1-Jan 02 | Cruach Ardrain | Leading, Winter | Walked through forest and camped in northern corrie of Cruach. Very windy - difficult to find a sheltered site to camp. Climbed Stob Garbh in afternoon. Very windy cold, stunning sunset on top, back to tents at dusk. Assistant leader: Andy Hall. Four 18-19 year olds. Herts Scouts AMC. |
1 | 1 |
| 30-Dec 01 | Auchlyne | Leading, Winter | Walked from Auchlyne up track and then ascended Sgiath Chuil. Micro nav practice between Chuil and Beinn Bhreac. Clear in morning, patchy cloud and rain / snow showers in afternoon. Assistant leader: Andy Hall. Four 18-19 year olds. Herts Scouts AMC. |
1 | 0 |
| 29-Dec 01 | Stuc a' Chroin | Leading, Winter | Walked up Glen Ample and climbed Stuc a' Chroin via north ridge. Soft snow on ridge. Roped up in two groups. Windy and cold on top, sunny in afternoon. Back down to Edinample. Assistant leader: Andy Hall. Four 18-19 year olds. Herts Scouts AMC. |
1 | 0 |
| 28-Dec 01 | Glen Ogle | Leading, Winter | Over Meall Sgallachd and Meall Rheamar. Navigation practice on top. Cold, patchy cloud and bright. Assistant leader: Andy Hall. Four 18-19 year olds. Herts Scouts AMC. |
1 | 0 |
| 2-Jan 01 | Ben Lawers | Leading, Winter | Walked back down the burn to the road. Assistant leader: Maria Hall. Four 17-19 year olds. Herts Scouts AMC. |
No | 0 |
| 1-Jan 01 | Ben Lawers | Leading, Winter | Ascended Ben Lawers, down to the bealach with An Stuc and back down to camp. Rain, low cloud - windy and cold on the summit. Assistant leader: Maria Hall. Four 17-19 year olds. Herts Scouts AMC. |
1 | 1 |
| 31-Dec 00 | Ben Lawers | Leading, Winter | Walked up Ben Lawers burn and camped at foot of Ben Lawers northern end of Lochan nan Cat. Long walk in soft snow. Pitched camp in dark just as it was starting to rain. Assistant leader: Maria Hall. Four 17-19 year olds. Herts Scouts AMC. |
No | 1 |
| 30-Dec 00 | Glen Ogle | Leading, Winter | Walked up Beinn Leobhain. Rope work on rocks near top and simulated river crossing. Walked back down to road. Overcast, low cloud in morning. Snow started in afternoon - heavier to blizzard by the time we reached the road. Assistant leader: Maria Hall. Four 17-19 year olds. Herts Scouts AMC. |
1 | 0 |
| 29-Dec 00 | Stob Garbh | Leading, Winter | Ben More Farm to summit of Stob Garbh and back. Good snow cover (if powdery). Cold, clear blue skies all day - amazing weather! Assistant leader: Maria Hall. Four 17-19 year olds. Herts Scouts AMC. |
1 | 0 |
| 28-Dec 00 | Beinn Each | Leading, Winter | From Ardchularrie More up Beinn Each. Navigation practice on saddle with Stuc a' Chroin. Descended into valley and walked out up Glen Ample to Edin Ample. Overcast, some low cloud. Assistant leader: Maria Hall. Four 17-19 year olds. Herts Scouts AMC. |
1 | 0 |
| 27-Dec 00 | Glen Ogle | Leading, Winter | Meall Sgallachd and Meall Reamhar. Nav practice. Good but powdery snow cover. Sunny and cold with some cloud. Assistant leader: Maria Hall. Four 17-19 year olds. Herts Scouts AMC. |
1 | 0 |
| 2-Jan 00 | Glen Falloch | Leading | Walked out to road from Falloch camp. Overcast with some light showers. Assistant leader: Adam Hinckley. Four 16-17 year olds. Herts Scouts AMC. |
No | 0 |
| 1-Jan 00 | Glen Falloch | Leading, Winter | Cruach Ardrain, Meall Damh, Grey Heights then back to tents. Arrived back in the dark to give trainees night nav pactice. Very windy on summit - had to retrace steps down NW ridge because too windy to traverse mountain. Assistant leader: Adam Hinckley. Four 16-17 year olds. Herts Scouts AMC. |
2 | 1 |
| 31-Dec 99 | Glen Falloch | Leading, Winter | Walked up Glen Falloch, camped on left hand side of valley. Up Stob Glas in afternoon. Rain, temperature rising and snow rapidly melting. Fell asleep prematurely and missed the new milennium arriving... Assistant leader: Adam Hinckley. Four 16-17 year olds. Herts Scouts AMC. |
No | 1 |
| 30-Dec 99 | Meall nan Tarmachan | Leading, Winter | Walked from Lawers visitors centre up south side of Meall nan Tarmachan, across to Meall Garbh and down ridge to track and them visitors centre. Milder than previous day with more cloud. Assistant leader: Adam Hinckley. Four 16-17 year olds. Herts Scouts AMC. |
2 | 0 |
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