Wild Roots Highland Guiding

Name: Wild Roots Highland Guiding
Address: Roybridge, GB
Telephone: +447720398642
Price range: Not Applicable
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Guided walks, wild camping journeys and mountain skills days in the Scottish Highlands Our approach is inquisitive.

The journeys cover a variety of terrain, from low level paths to rugged mountain tops. Whether these are your first steps into the mountains or you are a seasoned hill walker we have something for you. Each journey is carefully curated to experience a variety of natural and human history first hand in breathtaking settings. If you often find yourself looking at your surroundings and thinking ‘I wo

nder why…’ then our journeys are for you. We take the time to stop, observe and understand as we walk through wild places. Aiming to give you knowledge and skills to take away to inspire your own adventures. Please see our website for more information: www.wildrootsguiding.scot

22/12/2024

Pot of gold 🌈🏔️

The end of the rainbow was a great place to be this weekend.

Thanks for bringing together a wonderful bunch of people in a special place for some birthday miles. I can’t think of a better way to celebrate a birthday than splashing around in the puddles 💦

This was my fourth time this year staying Loch Ossian Youth Hostel. It’s a uniquely special place and one I am always excited to return to.

If you’re looking for a base for adventures with a wild feel and some home comforts then this is it. Whatever the weather there are great days out to be had from the door and always a warm, welcoming hostel to return to.

I’m already looking forward to being back.

19/12/2024

The Spectrum of Winter ❄️🏔️🌞💨🥶

Are you ready for it?

Scottish winters, like winters everywhere, are changing. Snow and ice are no longer a permanent feature and what’s here one day can be gone the next.

One thing that can be guaranteed is variety. It’s possible to get all of the above weather and conditions in the space of a week, even a weekend. What does that mean? It means you need to be prepared for anything and adopt a flexible approach.

To do this needs a certain set of skills and a ton of experience. A good way to start is with a winter skills course or guiding. Maybe it would even make a great Christmas pressie 🎄🤶?

2025 winter with Wild Roots:

❄️ Intro Winter Skills - 1/2 Feb - 2 places left

🧭 Winter Navigation & Decision making - 3/4 Feb - 2 places left

🥾 Winter Munro Walking Week - 22nd Feb - 1st March - Fully inclusive, 1 double room left

❄️ Intro Winter Skills - 6/7 March - 4 places left

🧭 Winter Navigation & Decision making -8/9 March - 4 places left

❄️ Intro Winter Skills & 🧭 Winter Navigation can be combined to make a comprehensive 4 day course consecutively or over two split weekends.

See you in the new year for some winter fun whatever the weather throws at us?

17/12/2024

Pssst it’s 1 week until Christmas 🎄🤶🎁 …

… and you’ve still got time to give someone a gift as good as this 👆🏻imagine how happy you’d be to open one of those views on Christmas Day.

A very small selection of my favourite moments from the 2024 guiding year. Wild camping journeys, bespoke winter hiking, skills courses, yoga retreats, endless spectacular views and so much more...

Got someone you still need to get an awesome gift for? How about giving the gift of adventure?

Personalised vouchers can be made up for any amount, for a specific trip or to be redeemed against any experience.

Get in touch to arrange your perfect gift ⛰️🎁

15/12/2024

One room left 🏔️❄️🥾🍴👌🏼

We have one double room (1 or 2 person occupancy) left on our fully inclusive week of guided winter walking in the heart of the Scottish Highlands.

Our cosy base in Spean Bridge means we can access a wide variety of mountains within a day. will be in residence serving up delicious meals through the week.

From Glencoe and Ben Nevis to the south, to Glen Shiel in the North and the Cairngorms in the East the opportunities for winter hill walking are vast. Meaning we can go where the weather and conditions are best, ensuring you get the most out of your week.

Who is this week for?

The aim of this week is to enjoy a wide variety of winter hill walking with a focus on Munros (mountains over 3000ft/915m high). With this in mind the week is aimed at people who have some experience of winter mountains.

This doesn’t have to be a lot. You should be ok walking in crampons and know how to use an ice axe. There will be opportunity within the week to refresh and build on existing skills but this is not the primary focus.

This week is for you if:

❄️ You have previously attended a winter skills course and would like to build on this experience

❄️ You have done some independent winter walking but would like to grow your skills and experience. Including, taking on some more challenging hills and conditions

❄️ You enjoy winter walking and would like to have a break from all the planning. Let an experienced guide take care of the logistics and help you further develop your skills and confidence

❄️ You have a lot of summer mountain walking experience and are confident you will easily pick up walking in crampons and using an ice axe

Get in touch if you’re interested and would like more info or check out the full details on the website.

14/12/2024

Golden Oldie 🏔️👌🏼

Some stills from an epic day shared earlier in the week with and .

My goodness when Scotland is good it’s really really really good!

If you’re scrolling thinking ‘ I want to do that ‘ it’s never too late to start. There are a few places left on intro winter skills courses in February and March. Why not book yourself on one and start your journey to days like these 👆🏻😀

09/12/2024

No Monday blues here 🏔️❄️☀️

Perfect day for a winter run with the crew. Ben Nevis is wearing her white coat and looking mighty fine in today’s blue skies and sunshine.

I’m really looking forward to running Winter Skills for Runners courses with this great team. If you are keen to move faster through the snowy mountains but not quite sure where to start then check out these courses.

All the information and skills you’d expect on any winter skills course but looked at through the framework of running.

Feel free to drop me a message if you’d like more info.

06/12/2024

Uh-oh cracks in the snow 🌨️🏔️

Would you know what they mean and why they should be avoided?

Shooting cracks as pictured in 📷 1 & 2 are a clear sign of ‘wind slab’. This is a type of snow that has been transported and deposited by the wind. It makes a cohesive layer and can often be easily triggered to slide with additional load - like a person stepping on it. You most commonly find it on the sheltered side of the mountain, for example, if there have been westerly winds beware of east facing slopes. It also sounds and feels ‘squeaky’ underfoot and looks a different colour to the rest of the snowpack.

Understanding snow conditions can seem like a mythical art when you’ve never paid attention to them before. I’ve had lots of conversations with experienced summer mountain hikers who shy away from going anywhere near winter mountains because the white stuff is just too scary.

It’s right to be wary of snow, no one wants to be caught in an avalanche or find themselves on an unstable hillside. But, it doesn’t need to put a halt to adventures.

Understanding a little bit of science, knowing what to look for and banking plenty of experience will all lead to it making much more sense. Most avalanche problems can be easily avoided once you know how.

There are lots of great resources on the website alongside the avalanche forecasts and blogs which are a must read for anyone heading to the hills in winter.

also have great resources on all things .

Of course we’ll also cover lots about snow conditions and understanding avalanche forecasts on our Winter Skills Courses so join us if you’d like to learn more on this fascinating subject.

04/12/2024

Guess where? ⛰️⛺️🥾

Breaking up the snowy winter scenes with a teaser of what’s to come in 2025. A brand new trip that me and are VERY excited about.

But who knows where we will be headed?

Details and booking are on the website now and if you’re keen I suggest you get your deposits in soon as it’s going to be a popular one!

02/12/2024

Thank you 🙏🏻

Big thanks to everyone who’s booked a winter course with me the past few days. As a small business it makes such a difference to get bookings in advance and know that a course will run. It also means I can afford myself some proper downtime over the festive holidays which is much appreciated!

All Jan/Feb courses now have the minimum numbers so will definitely run 🥳

Plenty of space still to join us if you’re looking to boost your winter skills & experience. Remaining availability is as follows:

🗓️ Jan 18/19: Intro Winter Skills for Runners ( course) - 3 places left

🗓️ Feb 1/2: Intro Winter Skills - 2 places left

🗓️ Feb 3/4: Winter Navigation - 3 places left

🗓️ Feb 22nd - March 1st: Winter Walking Week (fully inclusive - 1 double room left, can be 1 or 2 occupants

🗓️ March 6/7: Intro Winter Skills - 4 places left

🗓️ March 8/9: Winter Navigation - 4 places left

If you’re interested but not sure about anything then always feel free to get in touch with questions.

See you in the snowy mountains soon 🙌🏻

30/11/2024

Last Chance…

… to grab yourself a bargain winter skills course and gain the experience, confidence and skills you need to enjoy days like this 👆🏻

25% off any course booked before tomorrow night, use the code HELLOWINTER

📸 a perfect winter day on the Glen Shiel ridge earlier this week 👌🏼

27/11/2024

Just me & my footprints 👣❄️🏔️

After yesterday’s post it felt even more of a privilege to have most of Ben Nevis to myself today. I hardly saw another soul.

There’s something very special about being the only tracks in the snow. Forging a path that,given the ephemeral nature of winter, likely you will be the only one to ever take.

And those views, and the sunshine 🧡. Thank you mountains you filled me right up.

26/11/2024

It’s Tuesday and the weather is fine…

I don’t have much time but I’m in need of nature. A busy long weekend in the company of lots of people has left me feeling inspired but also a bit frazzled. I probably should be at my computer but I grab my trainers and head out the door anyway .

The soft morning light swells with the mist as it rises from the damp forests, revealing the familiar mountainscape. As I run along the loch shore the water surface is perfectly still. The reflected view doubly beautiful.

As I start to climb the cold, clean air fills my lungs, brings a new energy, balance restored. At my high point I pause and take it all in. Snow capped mountains, golden hillsides, shifting subtleness of colours of winter light, the quiet calm of water babbling, the glacial erratic, a grounding reminder of the passage of time.

I know that I am lucky to have this landscape my doorstep, within 10 km of home. In less than an hour and a half I can be back and continue my day with all of this now a part of me.

Connection with nature was a recurring theme running through the conversations, events, music, art that I encountered at Kendal Mountain Festival these past few days. Its importance is not new to me, it underpins a lot of the choices I’ve made in life and work in recent years. As far as I see and understand it, a reciprocal relationship with nature is vital for our health and happiness and in return, natures too.

I know that I am extremely privileged to live a life so closely connected with nature, especially such wildness. My hope is to use this privilege to open this door to others. To help you gain the confidence, opportunity, skills and knowledge to foster this connection for yourself. However it might look in your everyday, the benefits will be the same.

Join us in 2025 if you’re ready to find your Wild Roots, all group trip details and dates are online now. Sometimes all it takes is a brief step away from your ordinary to discover what really counts…

23/11/2024

Fells, friends, frosts, festivites 🥳

What a whirlwind of early morning fells, inspiring conversations, through provoking talks, friends old and new and so much more. My head is a whirl and it’s only day 2! Phew I’m not sure my festival stamina is quite as good as my mountain stamina…

Thanks to everyone who has come to say hi, it’s been so lovely to connect with you all.

Back again tomorrow on the stand at basecamp. Swing by it’d be great to see you, oh yeah and bring coffee 😂🤪

18/11/2024

Want to be able to enjoy days like these 👆🏻❄️🏔️?

Winter has definitely arrived in the Scottish Highlands and in celebration I’m offering a limited time 25% discount offer on all winter skills courses.

Chose from:

👉🏻 2 Day Intro Winter Skills
👉🏻 2 Day Winter Navigation & Decisions making
👉🏻 Even better, join us for both to make a comprehensive 4 day course

Use the code HELLOWINTER when booking via the website. Offer valid until midnight on the 30th November.

17/11/2024

The best of human & hill company ❄️⛅️🕊️🏔️

Saturday dawned damp and dull and neither nor I were very excited about a morning Munro.

Still, we’d made a plan and stuck to it one sleepy footstep at a time.

For a moment the damp, dull gave way to blue skies, snowy summits and ptarmigan fluttering by.

It was glorious. The mountains are always worth getting out of bed for.

13/11/2024

Summer 👉🏻 Autumn 2024 😍👌🏼

It’s been an epic 6 months of Wild Roots adventures with the most wonderful of folk. Here’s just a very small selection of some of the days we’ve shared.

If you’re one of those folk then I NEED YOU!

As a teeny tiny business that massively relies on word of mouth it makes a big difference if you have 5 mins to share a few words about your experience.

Whether we shared an afternoon stroll in a scenic glen, a mountain ridge, some quality time with maps or nights out under canvas together… your opinion matters.

So please do pop a review on google or Facebook, comment here, post on your own socials or send me some words you’d be happy for me to share on your behalf.

I’d be ever so grateful, thankyou 🙏🏻

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+447720398642

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