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| Well bundled up at a bitterly cold camp on the Moine Mhor in the Cairngorms. February 2016. |
Last week I had my first camp on snow this winter and it left me longing for more. I love winter camping! Especially when it's really winter, when there's snow and frost. Too much Scottish winter weather isn't that wintry, just grey and wet and windy and cold. I do go camping then but it's not the same as when there's snow.
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| On Carn na Loine, a local hill in Strathspey. I skied here from my front door. Using skis and ski poles as tent pegs! February 2009 |
Thinking of the winter to come and hoping for plenty of sharp frosts and snow in the hills my mind drifted back to previous camps in the snow and I started looking through my photos, which made me even more excited. Here's a selection from the last fifteen years.
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| Waking up to a view like this is always wonderful. Below Broad Cairn in the Southern Cairngorms. February 2010 |
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| I often use a single skin tent with a separate groundsheet in winter and only close the door if the weather is stormy. No midges to worry about. The camp below Broad Cairn again. |
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| Below Orion on a brilliant night just below the summit of Mullach Clach a' Bhlair above Glen Feshie. February 2013. |
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| A breezy site below Bynack More, Cairngorms. November 2013. |
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| Melting snow for coffee as the sun rises. Often an essential winter camping task. November 2013. |
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| Sometimes there's water, which saves time and fuel. By Loch Etchachan, Cairngorms. December 2014. |
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| On the Moine Mhor above Glen Feshie. February 2016. |
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| A hot drink on the Cairngorm Plateau. In an insulated mug. March 2016. |
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| It's not always sunshine and blue skies! Misty on the Moine Mhor above Glen Feshie. December 2016. |
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| A brilliant starry sky above the Shelter Stone Crag in the Cairngorms. The clear weather didn't last. March 2019. |
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| Snow falling the morning after the starry sky. I closed the tent door! March 2019. |
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| Sunrise on Tom Mor, another local hill which I walked up from home. Not enough snow lower down to ski. January 2021 |
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| Gentle snowfall in Coire Ardair, Creag Meagaidh. December 2022. |
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| Dawn in the Cairngorms. February 2023. |
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| A frosty night in the Cairngorms. January 2024. |
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| An ice axe is useful for levering out frozen snow pegs. January 2024. |
