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Perfect day on Ben Nevis with your private Mountain Guide!

Abacus Mountaineering provides skills training and mountain guiding in Scotland and the Alps. Our select group of instructors will guide you through new skills on real, adventurous and challenging routes. Mountaineering, Rock Climbing and Scottish Winter Climbing, Alpinism and Ski Touring. Be inspired by your Private Mountain Guide in the best hills in Scotland - Ben Nevis, Glen Coe & Skye.


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Abacus Mountain Guides and Instructors are selected for their cutting edge skills and great enthusiasm for the Scottish hills. With superior coaching we pass on our experience of climbing at the highest level. We will get you onto the routes you want to do and give you the skills you need in the place you need to use them!

IFMGA Mountain Guides have the highest worldwide qualification for instruction and guiding in rock and ice climbing, mountaineering and ski touring.

Adventure Passport Visit Scotland, Lochaber - The Outdoor Capital of the UK and other operators in the Fort William and Lochaber area have got together to bring you fantastic discount offers in 2008. To take advantage of this special offer from Abacus Mountaineering click here.

Fort William Mountain Festival From 15th to 23rd February 2008 our Mountain Skills Workshops offer full day Winter Walking Skills, Avalanche Awareness and Winter Climbing Workshops during the Mountain Festival. Find out more here.

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