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Wanderlust Active Travel Photographer of the Year 2017

Alex Metcalfe March 4, 2018

Well, turns out my photos aren’t so bad. If you hadn’t heard, I’m pretty excited to say last month I won the Active Category in the Wanderlust Travel Photo of the Year 2017 awards at the Destinations Holiday and Travel Show with my shot of two mountaineers caught in a blizzard in the Cairngorms, Scotland.

Snowfield

The Winter Skills Team descends a snowfield on Carn Ban Mor in the Cairngorms.

Lookout over Loch Eanaich

The winter skills team lookout over Loch Eanaich from the slopes of Carn Ban Mor.

The team descends from cutting snow steps on the slopes of Corie an Sneachda during a blizzard.

A Cairngorm Blizzard

Two members of the winter skills team, Katie & Alex, are caught in the descending blizzard as we attempt to leave Corie an Sneachda.

Carlos and the Snowhole

Carlos admiring my snowhole

A Grouse in the Heather

A red grouse blends perfectly in on the slopes of Coire an Sneachda as the winter skills team walks into the Coire.

Winter Fun in Scotland's Cairngorms National Park

Alex Metcalfe June 4, 2017

As a rookie mountaineer with big ambitions to climb big peaks I noticed there was a rather large gap on my mountaineering resume! So I packed my bags and headed to Cairngorms National Park, Scotland to learn the necessary winter skills with Glenmore Lodge for my upcoming trip to the Alps this summer.

The pictures above are a brief collage of my fun in the mountains.

The Cairngorm, Scotland 2017.