Tom and James are planning a trip to Chamonix in the summer and have come to the Scottish Highlands to improve their ice climbing and winter mountaineering skills. We walked through the rain and into the snow on Ben Nevis today with constant heavy snow showers down to 450m

The short cascade style pitches above the CIC Hut and in the Coire na Cist 'gulches' gave some great sport and ice training and avoided getting involved with the deep snow on the upper part of the mountain.

Thanks to Andy Nisbet for the report from Deep Cut Chimney yesterday "Great nick!"

Another photo from Ben Nevis today