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civvy_bivvy_bag wrote:What's the coldest place you've ever been to?

Moscow in December was the coldest, then I went to St Petersburgh the next week. No wonder the Germans were beaten by the weather!
The coldest place I have been told anyone was is under the disc (rotar area) of a helicopter in Norway as it was hovering doing a pick up of stores, the wind chill factor was something like minus a lot!
Glen Shee was pretty nippy in Scotland but we were skiinig and didn't take much notice because the hot toddy's were very warming

cbb

Glencoe is great for walking: the 'lost' valley for interest; more difficult walking/scrambling on Aonach Eagach. Plenty around there to have a go at. I love the Highlands. I guess you should 'do' Ben Nevis just to say you have but it's a bit like a motorway. Kids, ladies, etc. in jeans and flip-flops [well, nearly].

Coldest place. Norway. Mainly because we were so poorly kitted out. CO decided it was only going to be like Dartmoor in winter - NOT! They called off the exercise with 3 days to go because guys were dropping like flies. I almost got frost bite. Suffered with my feet when I got home.

Unit made the News of the Screws: 'Cold Feet Commandos'

A few years back I got absolutely screwed into doing one of those sovereignty tours up in Yellowknife, Canada. Needless it say it was an average of -65 after the windchill factor the whole time I was there.

I spent about 2 minutes outside the entire two weeks I was in that God forgotten place. Walking to the camp, then walking back to the plane 10 seconds later to say "Sir, are you mad?" Him telling me to get the f@#k away from his plane. Then me running my arse off to some tenting. That was not a fun time it averages out to something like 35 minutes of daylight there in the winter, however in the summer you can dance in the sun for a solid 24 hours in a row

Coldest two places I've ever been?
Hellvellin in January and Mount Washington in NH also in January.
Seems I'm a slow learner.
Wholley.

Yes, I've been walking around the Isle of Skye, and i'd recomend to anyone! You can get boat trips across to the other isles such as Uig and Rum (sp), Fantastic walking.

CBB, If you are going to visit Braemar, then you'll pretty much be at Glen Shee anyway as its only 10 minutes up the road. From Braemar you've got a good few walks you can get on to with very little car travelling- Jock's Road will take you from Braemar to Glen Doll, and the Lairig Ghru will get you from Braemar to Aviemore. Both pretty good walks and also pretty quiet, although, in Summer there is the Lairig Ghru race but not sure what time.

Si Capon, who appears on the site now and again knows a quick route down the Aonach Eagach ridge The moral of the story is be careful and don't try to do it with a wardrobe strapped to your back

Really bad tase mate but I've got to get you back somehow for all the s**t you gave me in training Hope to see you on next years yomp.

Coldest place definitely has to be visiting the outlaws - makes the Hjerkin Ranges in Norway seem positively tropical

Sull, would that be the result of making the wrong decision? Sleeping mat vertical or sleeping mat horizontal

Si Caponknows a quick route down the Aonach Eagach

Mrs H and my goodself had a winter holl in Perth (the cold one full of Jockinese) in about 93. Did some winter walking up Schihooligan(spelling?) Top place on a perfect day One day,we parked down the Braemar side of Glen Shee. It was so windy, it blew the wing mirrors flat against the sides of the car. Mrs H said summat about bleeding daft bastard as I forced the door open. Got me Fischers out the boot and with a hearty cry of "I`m going outside,etc" off I went.
Arse over tit in the strongest wind I`ve felt in UK. When I did occasionally manage to stand upright, the wind blew me backwards at ever increasing rates of knots Sounds funny now, but within minutes I was out of site of the car. Skiing was impossible so I took them off . Quite by chance I landed in the ditch at the side of the road, eventually made it to the carpark and was able to get a bearing on the car.Dragging meself (literally at times) I made it back to the car about twenty mins after I`d set off. As I opened the boot, Mrs H asked if I`d enjoyed meself," Kin ace" I lied
Later that week, we skiied the sunny side and were stopped in our tracks several times by the ferocity of the wind. All in all, top place Much better than a beach holliday
Glencoe, different story, usually warmer and wetter in winter, apart from the Ben of course. Named after a famous leader of Clan MacHackedoff, local Villains who were chucked out of Scotland for being "culturally obtuse" in the 17th cent.
Wherever you go, remember that the skills you need for winter walking,climbing or skiing in the Scottish Highlands (or anywhere else in UK, for that matter) cannot be learned from books.
Apart from Mountaincraft And Leadership by Eric Thingy of course
Enjoy yerself, civ-biv-bag( crazy name btw )

H, always found the Cobbler to be a bit breezy. Was blown off a ledge and luckily landed only about 20ft below on my back (or rather my bergan avec 320) didn't matter though - the thing was tits when I drew it from the stores - good job I've a loud voice - none too tactical though

320, you say? Were you carying it as a punishment
Lucky it wasn`t a 359 in a FFR
Scotland, eh? Best thing about Scotland was the *****ty-shilling beer
And Haslet, obviously(not)
Easy, Aye

320, you say? Were you carying it as a punishment

As always my friend

Give me Norway any time 'aitch. The locals were far.....erm......friendlier
Aye