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The
Nor’ West Sgurramblers (NWS)
is a small group of mountain walking enthusiasts who have been
dedicated for over 25 years to:
making the
mountains and other high hills of Scotland
accessible
in spring, summer, autumn and winter
at an affordable
cost
to anyone
(over
18) living
anywhere in the United Kingdom who
is able to walk
5
or more hours a day.
The
programme of meets caters for all hillwalking capabilities from
“ambling” to
“scrambling” up the Sgurrs (rocky peaks). Non-members are
invited to attend a
meet as guests before deciding whether to become members
A
typical days walking will be between about 5 and 8
hours, with between about 6 and 12 miles of walking and 2500
and 4500 ft of ascent, this varies depending on the terrain,
weather, snow conditions if any, time of year, and
personal preference. Some members may do considerably
more than this on occasions. We are not rock climbers or ice
climbers and we don't do any roped climbing except on the odd
occasion when we have hired a guide on skye or in the Alps.
Meets are very informal with no fixed programme - people are
free to walk where they want, transport permitting.
Occasionally
scrambling is required to reach a summit although this is by
far the exception, with most of the tops being
accessible by a walking route ( excluding winter
conditions), with the notable exceptions of the Skye Black
Cuillin and the Aoanach Eagach. A reasonable amount of
the walking is on glen tracks, well engineered stalking
tracks, and hill paths although there is far more rough and
untracked terrain than in the mountains of England and Wales,
especially on the Corbetts which see fewer visitors than the
Munros.
Occasionally
we will use bikes to ease access to the remoter hills, using
landrover tracks
(bikes
and bens meets)
Obviously
in winter, conditions are more demanding due to snow cover,
more extreme weather, and fewer daylight hours. Potential new
members wanting to come on a February, Newyear or Easter meet,
who have never done any winter hill walking, may wish to
attend a short winter skills course to familiarize themselves
with ice axe and crampon use before attending a meet.
It's great to reach a summit on a days walk although if the
weather is bad we're not averse to a low level walk, and if
the weather is really awful even a visit to the nearest tea
shop/pub/gear shop (Nevisport in Fort William combines all
three)
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED
Contact us by
e-mail or phone:- 07507909701 (Chris Knowles)
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