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All our guides have a minimum of the Summer Mountain Leader Award and have an extensive knowledge of the history, culture and wildlife of the Scottish Highlands. The guides are paid a professional wage and in addition, have their accommodation, food and travel expenses covered.
You will be staying in a small, locally owned guest house with meals at the local pub. The programme includes an ascent of Ben Nevis by its most popular route so if weather conditions are suitable, we will climb the mountain by an alternative more difficult path to avoid the crowds. On the descent, we try to remove a reasonable amount of litter from the summit and main path as this is a recurring blight on Scotland and the UK's highest mountain.
The first day is an ascent of Buachaille Etive Mhor, which is considerably more peaceful. Transport is in our own vehicle.
Our guides are either from Edinburgh area or Aviemore, Glencoe, Oban or the Borders. We take guests to local restaurants such as Café Arriba in Portree on Skye, Creelers on Skye – both have a menu dependent on local catch, Rivendell in Shieldaig likewise, The Glen in Newtonmore and Firhall in Grantown on Spey have locally shot pheasants and venison. A big part of our trips is the local history. The highland clearances are a visible backdrop to a lot of the walks, we also tale people to local ceilidhs if on.
We have a 'no litter on hill policy' (impromptu beach and mountain path clean ups where possible). We encourage guests to recycle their waste. We buy new bottles at the start of each trip end then refill in the week. Old bottles are turned into white-water rafts for another long term project – bottleraft adventures.
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