Back in December 2007 the Outdoor Capital ran a competition with Country Walking magazine the lucky winners were Christine and Davie who won a weekends accomodation with Riverside Lodges B&B and a days guiding with West Coast Mountain Guides.

Mike who took Christine and Davie out sent us the following update of what a great time they had.

"Days like today are rare in November and should be made the most of. Warm sunshine, crisp air, pristine snow and amazing colours in the hills made it a brilliant day to be out. Christine, Davie and I went for a walk up the North Ridge of Stob Ban in the Mamores. Where the snow was in the shade and had been walked on it was compacted and icy so we wore crampons on the steep, scrambling section going up to the North Top of Stob Ban. There were also a couple of firm patches of snow so Christine and Davie were able to practice how to use their crampons on the way up to the top. After a Forfar Bridie on top we carried on around to the Devil's Ridge and up to Sgurr a'Mhaim. This is a very narrow and exposed section of ridge with a really tricky step at the narrowest bit. We made it up Sgurr a'Mhaim though to see the brilliant light on Ben Nevis from the afternoon sun before facing the unrelenting walk down back to the Lower Falls in Glen Nevis. A fantastic day out."

So well done to Christine and Davie and thanks very much to Riverside Lodges and West Coast Mountain Guides for the prize.

Anna