Ben Nevis Wildcamp on the CMD | Carn Mor Dearg Arête | Winter Mountaineering | Poor visibility

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In Episode 8 I'm hiking up the Carn Mor Dearg Arête and camping just short of the summit before I traversed the CMD ridge in the morning. Unfortunately I was hit by a storm and the poor visibility has hampered my attempts to show you all the stunning beauty of this mountain range. Maybe I will visit again in months of February or March to make up for the lost footage.
Located to the north-west of Ben Nevis is Carn Mor Dearg. The two mountains are linked together via Carn Mor Dearg Arête. At 1,220 m (4,000 ft) Carn Mor Dearg is the 9th highest mountain in Scotland. The entire route is challenging enough to burn your thighs and narrow enough in places to give you a heady dose of airy thrills. You get views into the depths of The Ben's brutal North Face and over the seemingly endless peaks of the Scottish Highlands beyond.
I often get asked how hard the CMD arete is. On paper it is a grade 1 scramble which means that it is on rocky exposed ground where hands are needed for balance and progress for a few short sections. The mountain usually sees it's first snowfall in September and it can be in winter condition all the way through to May. So don't be fooled by a warm, sunny April day down in Fort William, the top of the mountains could still be experiencing serious winter weather!
If you are climbing Ben Nevis between November and early May then you should plan to take crampons and a single mountaineering ice axe. Early in the winter season the snow cover will be thin and it will come and go, but it doesn't take long for the snow to build up and for crampons and an axe to become essential.
I'd like to thank the following for allowing me to use there music,
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