Raeburn's Gully - A grade 1 Scottish winter climb on Creag Meghaidh - Climb & Fly

Awesome video Rob, was looking forward to seeing it!

Just brilliant. 👍🪂

Brilliant - really enjoyed this, Rob. Totally get your comment about the Met Office forecast being incorrect - I have completely lost faith in them these days - particularly their timings which are very unreliable here in the Highlands. I am particularly fascinated on how you control the drone and camera whilst at the same time as you are climbing. The drone gives you some brilliant footage of the wider setting in which you are working.

Climb and fly!! 💪That was great to watch Rob and I'm pleased for you that it all came together. I guess this was a few weeks ago as I was in the Cairngorms this week and conditions are very lean now. As a matter of interest, where did you stash your axe on the fly down?

Unreal video mate, looks like a great route

Is it 1 or grade 2??

Superb 👌 The consequences of a slip were clear to see. That really does look like an excellent way to get off the hill - amazed at how small/light paraglider wings must be these days.

Just amazing. The two camera views really gave a sense of how steep things were.

I appreciated all your safety-conscious talk. No drama or bravado, just honesty and realism.

What was the second camera you swapped to?

Hi there, in H MacInnes, Scottish climbs 2, Raeburns is described as Vdiff** up or down depending on the amount of snow, seem to remember using it as a descent route when there was lots of snow in the 70's. The cornices above Ritchies Gully and Smiths Gully are often spectacular later in the winter not so much Raeburns itself, you need to be careful if those warm westerlies blow in.
Enjoyed your video and would have liked your 'wing' in the '70s to ease achy limbs, cheers man

When was this rob

A grand day out! Nicely integrated words of wisdom and a mention of your excellent courses (4 times a customer). I need to get back to Scotland!

and thank you for sharing these extraordinarily brilliant videos. How you can film all this is as unbelieveble as what you can achieve in the mountains.

"So apologies if the footage won't be quite as pretty" - continues to show amazing footage of the climb. Well done mate! Looks like you had an awesome advantage and thanks for sharing it with the rest of us.

Breathtaking footage Rob.Your patience ,flexibility and experience culminating in a successful day .Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for a supurb video. Very impressed with the drone footage. What are they please?

Brilliant Rob. Really enjoyed that.

Enjoyed that vid . I’m old now and used to climb winter in Scotland . You are Experianced , but surely some climbers will wonder why you only had one axe with you especially as you really should have needed another on the wind slab/ice ?.

amazing

Great vid! I'd be fairly happy on that sort of ground roped, but NOT a chance soloing!

Thank you for a great video.

Scary to watch; and I used to climb to grade III…40 years ago.
Not sure hooking the axe round your neck was the best example when walking?

Isn’t grade 1 the easiest in theory ?

That was great Rob; particularly like the advice on avalanche safety. Nice one.

So how late into spring do these snow couloirs hold there snow ? Like the ones in Glencoe as well. Here in Colorado the snow consolidates and it’s safe to climb in June into early July. Absolutely love your videos. Educational and fun.