In reply to roblew:
Going when you plan to go irrespective of the weather, avalanche risk and climbing conditions is not a good plan. At the very least, you have to be very flexible on location and route choice. Living an 8 hour drive away from Scottish winter climbing (plus traffic delays on the way up), I find it’s easy to just sack it off and hope for better weather / conditions next time round. Just think of the money, time, tiredness and CO2 saved!
If conditions are good but the weather is bad, I might consider heading up and dropping the grade and/or doing shorter routes so as to cut down on the suffering. For big / hard (for me) routes, I prefer ok weather or better - the climbing is enough to contend with already, without having the weather against you as well.
Post edited at 23:15