Another nice day on Ben Nevis with Maz and Daryl from Australia. Maz has completed the Kokoda Track a few times and done several other walks so they thought they should enjoy the highest peak in the UK while they are here. Thankfully it was a nice day and we got a great view from the summit and had just a light shower in the last 20minutes.

It's amazing how much snow has melted away in the last few weeks. Exactly a month ago there was about 2m depth of snow on the summit which has all gone now. Also gone from the summit already is a bench that was placed there on Saturday. I think this was supposed to be a nice gesture along the lines of a memorial bench that you might see in a town park. However, Ben Nevis summit is not the place for this and you would need the landowners permission anyway. All gone by the time I got to the summit with Maz and Daryl though!

Working for Infinity Mountain Guides today I joined Nigel and Amanda for a traverse of an t'Aonach Eagach in Glen Coe. It was warm and humid on the climb up Am Bodach before turning to drizzle with brief glimpses of the spectacular view down into the glen. The rocks have been well scraped clean of lichen on the crest so it is good fun scrambling even in the wet. We had the ridge to ourselves too!

Over on Skye it was even more wet. Donald and Helen went over Sgurr nan Gillean, Am Bastier and Bruach na Frithe before going down to wring themselves dry. Mixed weather will continue for the rest of this week by the look of it.

It was great to see lots of people out enjoying great rock climbing conditions on Ben Nevis today. There were teams on Titan's Wall, Centurian, Bullroar, Castle Ridge, Tower Ridge and I went up Ledge Route with Sarah, Scott and James. Having been up Ben Nevis before by the Pony Track and CMD Arete they were ready for the next step and we got a cracking warm sunny day for it.

There is still a great depth of snow in the narrows of Number Five Gully which was soft enough for kicking steps into. Once on Ledge Route there is no snow at all until on the plateau, just lots of dry grippy rock. Despite a little loose rock this is a great route to go up Ben Nevis, cutting through the north face crags with quite straightforward scrambling. On the way we looked at how you can use a group to make it more secure fro everyone by moving together, hooking the rope around blocks and anchors as you go.

We wandered up to the summit and made the most of the day by going round the CMD Arete. With great visibility it was nice to see many other perspectives of Ledge Route as we went round. A top day and more sunshine forecast tomorrow.