Snowboarding down Ben Nevis backcountry, Scotland.

The hike up to the summit along the arete was probably the hardest I have done. With a snowboard and boots on my back and a bottle of champagne in my bag to celebrate my brothers stag day I was very heavily laden but the rewards were fantastic with an amazing ride from the summit down through the Red Burn area and finally joining the tourist path just where the slate like rocks start. It was pure cracker of day with snow, sun and snowboard. I hope you enjoy watching. Colin

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[FallingthrougFire26]

dude that loos soooooo sweeeeeet

btw what's the song to go with this......really love it

[collyflower74]

@FallingthrougFire26 Hey dude it was amazing. The song is by a guy called Jon Foreman and the album is called Fall and Winter and the song is called White as snow. Really mellow. Looove it!!

[MichaelJSpraggon]

I've climbed Nevis twice in the winter from the South face, camping on the summit overnight but after seeing this I want to try snowboarding down it too! Do you have any advice for the best route down or even a sketch or map?

Thanks, Michael

[collyflower74]

@MichaelJSpraggon I don't know if I could advise you on the best route down as it depends very much on weather and snow conditions. I think there are quite a few routes that are possible. The route I took here basically goes from the summit down the red burn area which goes down by the tourist route. I saw somebody skiing down one of the gullys on the North face but Im not really experienced enough and don't know much about the gullys and avalanch risks to go down there!

[weestitch]

ah beautiful video man, hope your bro and you guys had an awesome champagne filled run :D i want to hit up nevis sometime still aint been unfortunately is it pretty easy drive?

[collyflower74]

@weestitch The champagne was good haha! The drive is a bit twisty and turny after Dalwhinnie. From Dundee it takes about 2.5 hours depending what the roads are like. This video was up Ben Nevis which is a mountain or 2 away from the Nevis Range which has some great backcountry too if the conditions are good! The Nevis range is great and worth the drive!

[chiefmungomartin]

@kyleisgay151 I looked into doing a weekend in Scotland recently and it works out pretty expensive, granted I'd have been travelling from Essex, for transport and board and most of the hotels or guest houses I found were still a drive from the slopes. I ended up paying an extra couple of hundred quid and doing a week in Andorra instead.

[chiefmungomartin]

Now that's what I call a stag do!

[vodkanpilsrs99]

@kyleisgay151

europe all the way i guess, better lift conditions, snow, pistes and more to go at (so i hear talking to many people that have skiid scotland). having said that i'd love to go to scotland to try it out, and over the next decade conditions there will only improve :)

[MichaelJSpraggon]

@collyflower74 I see: follow the gentle ridge westwards and stay on it when the path crosses the burn to the north. I will make sure it's a clear day - navigating off the summit in white-out conditions was hard enough on foot! Thanks for your help. I'll make sure to post the video if and when I do it.