The snowy season gets off to a photogenic start for James Roddie.
Whether it's your first winter Grade I, or you're an accomplished winter warrior, the spectacular CMD Arete is without question one of the greatest mountain routes of the UK, he says.
I think it's always amazing when you are on the arete looking back at the Ben (I've only ever descended via the CMD arete, not gone up) that the Ben goes from being this brooding hulk that it tends to be from all other directions to this pointy "proper-looking" mountain.
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