And did some god in ancient time, crash down his battle-axe upon these hills ? You might think so, looking at the great wound of Glen Tilt. It runs for miles from Blair Atholl, a gash one thousand feet deep and mostly, straight as an arrow. Steve M and I… Continue reading
The AV1 and AV2 in Aosta Valley form part of a very long and stunning high-level hiking tour known as the Tor des Géants (TDG) because they passes under the shadow of those alpine giants Monte Bianco, Monte Rosa, Gran Paradiso and Monte Cervino (we’re walking on the Italian side… Continue reading
After a two separate Club trips in November 2022 to Pen-y-ghent in international company (https://www.yorkmc.org.uk/dales-pen-y-ghent-12-nov/) and to Wernside & Ingleborough in company of some of the Club’s retirees, I thought it’d be a good idea to walk the Yorkshire Three Peaks in one go. Very few seemed to agree this… Continue reading
The area of the Dents du Midi -and Dents Blanches adjacent- is sprinkled with at least a dozen mountain huts. Routes through the ranges vary from woodland and alpine pastures to rocky clambering with ropes and chains to hold on, and in one case a 100 foot ladder. My friend… Continue reading
The fantastic weather on the first Sunday of September was perfect for the planned short, social walk in Nidderdale. The car park in Lofthouse worked well for a 10am start with sufficient spaces available for our four cars. At just under ten miles the route was fairly easy going on… Continue reading
Wild Boar Fell is the fifth highest mountain in the Yorkshire Dales. A few places above Penyghent at 708 metres but much more off the beaten track and pretty quiet. Worth a few words, perhaps, since we’ve had rather a dearth of mountain reports in our mountaineering club after a… Continue reading
Brian Y and Dave M had discovered a couple of corresponding days free from duties and concocted a plan to climb near their native area at Peel Crag in Northumberland. The weather, however, was not exactly on the same wavelength so the climbing area was changed to Langdale where the… Continue reading
The summer trip to Hathersage took place over the weekend of the 14th to the 16th of July. The summer trip was hotly anticipated by the 17 club members attending and the Old Stables Bunkhouse at Thorpe Farm came equipped with top facilities including a barbecue and an ice cream… Continue reading
No there were no pasties. And no sausage rolls. Various York MC Members have visited Gregs, though, and some have slept there. Gregs Hut is an open bothy, possibly the highest building to sleep in, in England (??). It is at 730 metres (higher than most English mountain summits) on… Continue reading
Friday 26th-29th May 2023 This Bank holiday saw Angela, Steve Green and myself meet up at Geldie Lodge in the Cairngorms. These two very remote hills are in some of the wildest parts of the Highlands ,An Sgarsoch 1006m & Carn an Fhidhleir 994m The following day saw Steve and… Continue reading
