Activity Breaks in the Beautiful Scottish Highlands


The Torridon Activities team is dedicated to introducing guests to some of the best walking, mountaineering, rock climbing and kayaking in Scotland. Your bloggers, Chris and Rich, love to make the great outdoors accessible to everybody. And, as you will read here, they are always pushing themselves (occasionally, and literally, to the edge) in an unending quest to improve their own outdoor leadership skills.

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From the Activities Team: YouTubing Our Highland Adventures

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This week we took a rest from the hills and have been working hard on the Torridon Activities YouTube channel. We set it up  about six months ago and it now contains some great…

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From the Activities Team: Perfecting Winter Skills in Perfect Winter Conditions

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The third winter skills course took place last weekend in superb snow and amazing weather. We spent a glorious weekend basking in the sun and soaking up the amazing views and the group was able to relax and start learning…

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From the Activities Team: First Snow Hole Trip of the Year

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We ran our first snow hole trip of the year last weekend. We left on Friday morning and could not have picked a better day. In all the years I have been on Cairn Gorm plateau, I have never seen…

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From the Activities Team: Winter Weekend Skills Continued

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This weekend saw us running our second winter skills weekend. We spent a cracking two days with lots of snow; too much at times. We also saw some avalanche evidence first hand on Beinn Eighe with lots of blocks lying…

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From the Activities Team: Snow (and Richard) in the Mountains!

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For the last month, I have been spending as much time in the mountains of Scotland as possible to prepare for my winter mountain leader training. This has given me a fantastic opportunity to be out in the best snow…

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From the Activities Team: Human Weather Station at Your Service

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Over the past couple of weeks we have been putting together our own little weather station. We have travelled the world searching for the most up to date weather equipment and whilst we were at it, we also collected some…

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From the Activities Team: Our First Winter Skills Course Weekend

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Our first winter skills course for the season started with an informal gathering on Friday evening where we went through all our kit and practiced walking around with crampons, albeit on a plank of wood. Then we were up early…

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From the Activities Team: On Course for Our Winter Skills Courses

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This week we have been out and about in the snow. Our main aim was to find ideal locations for the forthcoming winter skills courses we have running; a simple enough business due to all the snow we have had.…

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From the Activities Team: Torridon Fun at Christmas

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On Christmas day, Chris and I took the guests to Shieldaig for a trip along the peninsular. As we have had so much snow, we checked it out the day before and decided it would be fine for the guests.…

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From the Activities Team: Two Men in Two Boats

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This week the Torridon activities team caught up on a bit of personal training. We had a rough plan that if it snowed we would head for the hills, if it rained we would head for the rivers and if…

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From the Activities Team: Exciting Highland Winter Courses

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There is nothing quite like getting out onto the mountains in winter but you need to be properly equipped, both in skills and equipment. This winter we are running a host of courses and winter expeditions.

Our Introduction to Winter…

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