❄ Winter Hiking in DEEP SNOW // Pentland Hills
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ม.ค. 2021
- A fantasic hike in proper winter conditions. We encounter deep snow and subzero temperatures on the Pentland Hills situated on the outskirts of Edinburgh.
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Some beautiful footage there Robin. Perfect conditions,
Cheers Paul. 👍🏼 😁
Great video Robin. You certainly get proper snow in Scotland. Had to laugh at your cousin at the start. He reminded me of my daughter in the cold weather. Frozen to the spot 🥶🤣
Cheers Anthony, I was too busy vlogging and getting my boots on when I realised he was waiting for me. 😂 Think the thaw is coming today. 😔
This looked like a great adventure , you are lucky to have those hills on your local patch. Thanks for taking us all along with you and your cosin , who must have been frozen in his jeans ! Take care : D Teddy
Thanks Teddy. He's made of tough stuff following Hibs home and away sitting in cold stadiums around Scotland. 😆 Hope you and the humans are all well. 😊
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Enjoyed that, the Pentlands look class! What a day you got for it 👍
Cheers SMJ, get out yourself this weekend?
@@WalkWithWallace nah just some local dog walks, thats about as exciting as it gets just now 😂 looking like March/April time before we get out properly again.. looking forward to it though!
Atb, James
That view was fantastic Robin. I have never been up the pentlands, that's another area to explore. Poor Owen, you nearly broke him! Cheers Paul 👌
Cheers mucker, they're definitely worth a visit if you're over in Edinburgh. 😁 Owain was toiling a bit towards the end, that snow takes it out of you.
Nice video Robbin, looked really good up there! Lucky to have that on your doorstep.
Cheers TJ. Aye they're not bad at all. 👌🏼
A winter wonderland Robin! I wish we had more snow down here!👍👍👍
Cheers Tony, is there more snow forecasted this week? 🤔
We have some snow, but only on the higher peaks. The Lake District National Park website is reminding everybody to stay local which is fair enough but all rather frustrating when you can see it but you can't touch! Apart from tomorrow which is meant to be a very cold day but sunny, it looks like rain for us again!😒
Thanks Robin. Looks amazing. Fabulousl love it.
Thanks Kirsty, looks like you had a guid wander doon the Big T yesterday. 😁
Nice wee local winter day out, handy 👍
Cannae beat it mate, particularly during lockdown. 😁
Hats off to your dear cousin, hiking up in the snow in his skinny jeans, must have been freezing! 😁 Looked a beautiful little hike though. Are we gonna be seeing more of him on your future hikes now? Take care! Mari
Haha, I kept him moving to keep him warm. 😁 👍🏼 I hopefully haven't seen put him off for life, but we had him up Kinder Scout in cloud a couple of years ago, so maybe....
Glad you're getting some winter hills in despite the Highlands being a no go!
Cheers Iain, have you managed to get out on some local hills at all?
@@WalkWithWallace Nah, some guy ran into my car two days before Xmas coming back from Glenfinnan and it's been written off. Roads have been pretty dodgy up north and don't want to take a hire car out on them. Disaster as this has easily been the west winter we've had since 2017/18. Can see Ben Wyvis and Sgurr Mor from my garden so it's torture.
@@HighlandFifer that's pants mate, hope you get the insurance etc sorted out. Aye it has been a cracking winter so far, I feel for the ski resorts too. 😔
Looking good mate. Great to see the snow. Lovely to have some of these sights on our doorstep. 🤩
Cheers mate. You can't beat conditions like that. 👌🏼
@@WalkWithWallace not sure on the Hibs Merchandise though haha. Good to see your cousin enjoying it.
He was quietly broken haha.
See you soon mate 👍
@@takeahike7951 😂 C'mon the Hibs.
Aye, tough going that knee deep snow saps your energy. Take care mate. 👍🏼
Great scenery mate. I’m definitely jealous of Scotland in the snow. So gutted to be missing it. Always next year though.
Great video. Keep up the good work 👍
Cheers Rob, hope you're well mate. Fingers crossed for there's some light at the end of the tunnel for Spring. 🤞🏻 🙏🏻
Nice one mate. Stunning views from the top. Atb
Cheers mucker. 👍🏼 😁
Nice brisk morning stroll...... can't knock it , great to be out and about mate .
ATB
Stay safe.
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Cheers Dave. It certainly helped the cabin fever. 😁 Take care mate. 👍🏼
A cracking day in the pentlands Robin , you tired your poor cousin out tho lol . That deep snow certainly zaps the energy ...
Haha, aye think I may have worked him a little to hard in the snow. He enjoyed it though, so that's main thing. We dragged him up Kinder Scout in the clag once, so at least he got a view this time. 😆
Nice one Robin. That looked a bit parky (as they say in my neck of the woods). We've done quite well for some old fashioned winter conditions here too. I liked the dawn singing blackbird at the start.....spring is a coming (well, in about two months)! Cheers, Chris
Cheers bud, it was a tad parky. 🥶
Fingers crossed we can get some wild camping in for spring. 🏕 🤞🏻
@@WalkWithWallace Not sure I can last 'til March mate. A little local sneaky one might have to be on the cards.🙄
Looks cracking. Well done 👍
Cheers James. 😁 👍🏼
Nice one Rob your cuz done mate especially wearing 501s 😂😂 can't wait for lock down to finish atvb jimmy 😎😎
Haha, does the hills in style. 😁
Dragging on mate, hoping we're all out again for spring. 👍🏼
Really nice views! Thanks for sharing
Thanks N&R. 😁 👍🏼
@@WalkWithWallace no problem!
Nice video Robin! Lovely deep snow, and good to see people out enjoying it. I wouldn't mind getting up a hill or two just now, but tbh I'm not sure what the boundaries of 'exercise' are. For me the big hills are right on my doorstep, but I've seen how much stick some have got (and fines, for those Oban guys who needed rescued), so I'm reluctant to risk it. I might chance Ben Stack, that's a quick wee one 🤔
Hey Carrie, I hope you're well up in the North West. The boys from Oban travelled more than 5 miles into a different council area (Argyll & Bute to Highland Council). Whereas you're in a good position to travel around a large council area for exercise and still be within the rules. 😁
Nice one Robin. Wish I could get up there just now! Looks fantastic. Heard there were avalanches and everything just now! Fantastic, a braw snowy day. Jealous! 😝
Cheers Kris, I seen the avalanche post, bonkers eh. Think that was around the back of where we were. 🤔 Can you not visit East and West Cairn Hill?
@@WalkWithWallace Haha yeh, its mad! Yeh they are in West lothian but it's just a massive miserable bog fest. I'll need to get up while the bogs are frozen 😆
@@ScottishMountainGoat 😂 Mon the bog.
Sitting here watching this on a Tropical Queensland summer's day...feeling a bit refreshed now.
Good one mate 👍
As much as I love the snow, that sounds rather nice mate. ☀
@@WalkWithWallace 35°c and 88% humidity today. Now the sun has gone down it's cooling off nicely.
@@OldBumOnABike being a milk bottled coloured Scotsman, I'd melt. 🥵
@@WalkWithWallace 🤣🤣 don't worry we do too...
@@OldBumOnABike 😂
Nice 1 your cousin done well for a hibby hehe well done lads 👍👍👍
Haha, aye he's made of stuff up given that Hibs put us through. 😅
Excellent video! Stunning views, hope Owain enjoyed his beer after! Hehe
Cheers Janie. 🍻
Excellent- all hills look bigger and better in snow. Handy having that on your doorstep!! Did you see pictures of an avalanche in the Pentlands taken from Penicuik ?
Cheers G, I did see the pics of the avalanche. I was meant to mention it in the video, but totally forgot.
Cracking film Robin, fantastic conditions, the snow looked deep.
Cheers Phil. Can't beat conditions like that. ❄
I like the contrast between scenes, where one minute you're conquering ice with crampons; then a couple of skiiers go past; runners... And then people pushing bikes across the top! :-)
Great weather and views, by the look of it. Hope you can keep getting out when you can, Robin. All the best.
Cheers Olly. It was really good to get out and see others get out too. I've been struggling a wee bit for motivation, so I definitely needed this.
That's a fair dollop of snow. Well done the both of you. And the wee Robin bird at the end.
😁 Love seeing a wee Robin bird to finish off the walk.
Braw fellie! Perfect conditions...
Cheers mucker. It's been a braw weekend for crisp cold weather. 👌🏼
Wow this is just sooo beautiful....our Pentlands...people of Edinburgh or the other site are just sooo lucky!! 😁😅 we were going on that slope weeks ago was no snow and found it tricky 🤣🤣 we reached the path luckily...
Great hills to have on our doorstep. 😁 Which route did you take?
Well I think we lost the path 🙈 it’s when you get on the top over the fence 😇 and follow the path down but the path kinda got lost 🤷♀️ and down as towards the reservoir suddenly we kinda appeared in between bushes and tried to get down but it was too steep...
@@evachjourney sounds similar to us. We got caught up in the gorse. 😂
For local hills I like them Pentlands Robin. And they appear popular. No wonder. I see nobody skiing but a winter trail runner there. They just can't help themselves. Ha ha! Here's to sunrises before work. Mark
They're magic mate. If you're ever in Edinburgh I'll give you a guided tour. 😁 👍🏼
@@WalkWithWallace I intend heading North Robin. You'll be top of the list as a guide. Peace dude.
Good stuff Robin , a tough trod through the snow especially when we are all down on hill fitness .. Stunning day , your favorite view is where i'm going to camp on my next visit to the Pentos ..cheers Stevie
Guid place for a pitch Stevie, flattens out a bit too for the view. ⛺
Nice one. Looks like a good day out. It’s great up there at the moment. Makes up for not being able to travel.
Good substitute for the snowy mountains. I've not checked the forecast yet, but I hope this cold snap lasts a while longer. ❄
Ahhh I’ve been ill all week so I missed the Pentlands this weekend! What amazing conditions! Cheers Robin
Hey Camille, hope you're feeling better now. 😊 That snow will hopefully hang around a bit longer.
Amazing stuff Robin so lucky to have the Pentlands on your doorstep. Local hills to me are the Campsie Fells.
Cheers William, Campsies look decent as well. Good to get a decent winter this year. ❄
Great stuff, looks like your cousin would be needing that beer when he gets home. Good stuff taking him out forvthe day, I'm really missing getting over to the Pentlands... I did the skyline a few times after watching your vid showing the route, so much to explore over there...
I've been lacking motivation, so when he asked if I was up for a wee hike, I was well up for it. 😁
It's a decent range of hills, I probably took for granted before lockdown.
Great wee walk Robin.
Can't believe your cousin gave it a go in the Levis 501s 😂 Respect.
😂 😂 I said he had running tights and shorts. Should have worn them to be honest. 😅
What a difference a Wee bit of Snow makes on the Landscape Robin, Smashing day out.
Makes a difference doesn't it and that could have easily been a Munro or Corbett. 😁
Really nice, still amazing to see all the different faces of Scotland - the advantages of being a "new" local! Said this I do hope that we get more snow over here in the Glasgow area 😎
Cheers bud. 😁 Weird how the snow has avoided the west on this occasion. Think the thaw is on.
Spot on Sir, the Pents look amazing...I saw there had been an Avalanche up there. Years ago there was one on Tinto too.
Cheers Del Boy, aye 2 days before there was an avalanche. Almost unheard of as the snow usually melts too quickly. Didn't think Tinto would be steep enough, just shows you.
@@WalkWithWallace aye, it was the Wiston (Southern) facing side, you could see the slab for about 80metres....big chunks. Crazy!!!
@@mountain_del1863 had a wee deek at the map, aye it is steep on that side. Never done that approach, bet its quiet.
@@WalkWithWallace it's a slog mate, but you hit the top quickly. The normal way up is a pleasure......stick to that. I'm done with hard work 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍
Oh my gosh! Owain managed to make me jump out my skin 🤣🤣🤣
😂 😂
Looked a fantastic snowy scene and I thought that was you skiing down the Hill at first! Looked hard going getting to the tops and sounded a real blustery old day as well as being cold. Contrast from summer to winter but both views superb but that gorse looked a bloody mare. Sandwich and 'what looked like a cocktail' was a just reward for a hard days graft and shows how cold it has been with those icicles, cheers Alan
Cheers bud. You know I've never skied in my puff. Good seeing them out enjoy the "pow" as they call it. 😁
Cocktail was those YFood shakes, I'm testing for them.
that's an cold wander that mate love to camp up there robin atb Bryan
Cheers bud. Not camped there in winter but they do make good camping hills.
Nice dear.
Thank you. 😊 👌🏼
Great stuff Robin and I imagine your cousin was well worn out that evening, it looked hard work.🍻
Aye Owain got a decent work out. So did I to be honest. 😅
Brilliant film Robin looked stunning up there hell of a busy place all year round by the looks of it. PS would your wee cousin be a Hibby by any chance lol!
Cheers Pete, the Pentos have been rammed since the first lockdown, think everyone from the Edinburgh and Lothians are there. Campsies are similar I'd imagine?
He's more Hibs daft than me. 😂
Nice one mate. Cracking day 😎 Your cuz scarf tho 🤢🤮😉🇱🇻
😂 😂 His hat too. 😉 🇳🇬
The Pentlands look beautiful in the snow! I recently moved to Ayrshire - it's lovely here, but there's only a dusting of snow at lower levels. A friend of mine lives near the Pentlands and her recent photos are amazing.
Hey Natalie, hope you're well and all good in Ayrshire, despite the lack of snow. 😊
I call the Pentlands the mini Cairngorms when they have a winter coat. ❄
Nice one. Also missing the highlands. Got a good winter walk yesterday though in the Ochils. #WanderingScot
Cheers mate. Ochils are a wee higher than the Pentos. Must have been good up there. Hopefully get up the Highlands before spring. 🤞🏻
I must have passed you, I saw the sunrise on Harbour and walked to Castle Hill afterwards came down nearly the same place with the sheep, up Maidens Claugh and through the crowds back to the car park.
Good chance we did. 🤔 Cracking conditions this weekend eh. 👌🏼
I’ll say it again,you Embra lot are so lucky having a quality range of hills on your doorstep 😡👍
Haha sorry mate. 😬😆
I'm also well jealous. I live in North Lanarkshire. I have literally nothing 🤣
@@holdyourcolour1987 👀 aye you are a bit thin on the ground for hills there. 😬
@@WalkWithWallace Yep 🥺 was even looking at some wee hill in Kilsyth to do on my day off but it doesn't even look worth the effort. Just need to keep waiting to get back to the Highlands.
@@holdyourcolour1987 always worth getting out, but I'm looking forward to getting back to the Highlands, hopefully sooner rather than later.
Excellent views. Enjoyed all that. You’re dressed like Shackleton and your cousin looks like he’s aff tae the fitba 😂 moan the hibees. 👍 ⚽️
😂 Aye he's a right football casual. He's missing the fitba, as much as I'm missing the Highlands.
@@WalkWithWallace fair play to him. Aye missing the hills like. It’s murder. Hopefully won’t be too long.
@@AndyWardle fingers and toes crossed mate. Would be guid to meet up with yourself, Davie Miles etc doon the Cheviots one day.
@@WalkWithWallace aye. Or better still up Scotland 🏴 👌
@@AndyWardle either or mate. 👍🏼
I have put my crampons on so many times then decided they were not needed but better to be safe than sorry. Hope you are doing ok mate, the Sidlaws are the only hills I am allowed to walk in just now I was glad of proper snow on them this year but like yourself I am missing the Highlands and some proper hills.
Definitely safer to have them on, think we've all been guilty of not putting them on then finding bullet hard snow and need them. That's less likely in the Pentlands and Sidlaws mind you.
I'm doing alright, hope you are too. I have a sneaky feeling we might be back out properly for the end of March.
@@WalkWithWallace End of March would be amazing. I run a pub and my worry is if the pub needs to open at the same time and it will involve so much work I will never have any time for me and the hills.
@@GusExplores hospitality industry probably a bit later, how I took pubs for granted before all this. Will be making a point to support the local boozers when this is all over?
What pub you own mate?
@@WalkWithWallace Yeah it will be a bit later but lots of work to be done in advance, guessing how it will be allowed to open. Its Tickety Boo's in Dundee I don't own the pub I just run it but have done for 15 years so feels like mine. Its a very friendly wee pub with great locals and because of its location we see loads of tourists. It was very sad and hard when we opened last summer having to prevent people interacting, it lost it soul and I hope when life gets back to normal the pub will return to how it was.
@@GusExplores fingers crossed you get some normality back mate, I'll make a point of popping in for a pint or two next time I'm in Dundee. Nice train trip up for the Dundee Mountain Film Festival. 😁
That looked a chilly one if ever I've saw one.
We've had nothing like that here on the west coast (Ayrshire and Glasgow) as far as I've seen. Definitely mirrored glasses weather too.
A quick one on your Kestrel, does it require batteries or does the wind turning the impeller power it?
Good to see you out and about mate, keep up the good work.
- Bryan -
Cheers Jimmy, weird you're not the only to mention the lack of snow over in Ayrshire.
The wee Kestrel takes a CR32 coin battery. You'd think they could manufacture one that works on wind, that battery has lasted years, so doesn't need much power.
I was up there yesterday morning first ever time hiking/walking. What a up buzz up there top feel a hundred miles away from everyone but literally half a hour away from city
Nice one Sam, what route did you do? Great hills to have closeby. 😁
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I started at pentlands hill regional park over Turnhouse hill then over Carnethy hill to scald law ten back was a good walk a cracking views over Edinburgh at times when the sky was clear, hoping to venture out a bit further when this lock downs relaxed 🤞🏻
@@samdunn2077 I know where you are, that's my favourite Pentlands route. Worth adding in the Kips too if you're back up that way.
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I’ll defo give that go next time
@@samdunn2077 nice one bud. 😁
Virtually nothing on the Ayrshire coast, just a light dusting.😔
Will send some your way in the next wave.
@@WalkWithWallace probably wont get here , even the beast from the east got stuck on the fenwick moors and barely touched Irvine.
@@alistairthow1384 joys of living by the coast. We don't see much either being close to the Firth of Forth.
Nice one. Quite a few folk out too. Those mountain bikers are brave. I'll need to build my fitness level back up to. Burn thiz tyre of the old gut. ATB.
Aye, there seems to be certain points people loiter.
I need to more of the western side of the Pentlands.
I am sure your cousin went home to spread the word to the family not to walk with you. Stay safe. Grays😁😁
😂 😂 Quite possibly. I've got a reputation for being quick on the hills.
No overnight camp? That's not like you... How about the Moorfoot Hills next time, like above Gladstone Reservoir?
Camping, although no harm to anyone is frowned upon because of lockdown. Definitely need to explore the Moorfoots more. 🤔 👍🏼
@@WalkWithWallace Ah, of course. Try not to get too fed up - you're living the life I always fancied, but never had. It's great to watch on film.
@@paulharvey9149 aye tough times for us all. Hope you're doing alright yourself mate. 😊 And thanks for the comments too.
Law means rounded hill so you don’t need to add hill to the name and yes the maps are wrong if for example they say Sid law hill it should just be sidlaws after all you wouldn’t say Ben Lomond hill.
That actually makes sense Mark, why have the 'hill' added on the maps 🤔
Would it not be Ben Lomond Ben for that example? 😜
Can’t believe you let him go out dressed like that just a pair of jeans he must have been frozen and trainers with a shit puffer jacket you could have lent him some half decent gear buddy
Bit harsh mate, he was fine and knew I was carrying a spare jacket if it was needed.
Owain here, I was fine! 😊
@@owain1875 GGTTH!