
Steep ground stretcher exercise on Winter Hill summit area, Wednesday evening 8th December

A view from the rope belay position, steep ground stretcher exercise, Winter Hill summit area, Wednesday 8th December

A wintry Dean Black Brook at White Coppice, Wednesday 8th December, late morning

Trainee team member John Fletcher and Jasper his dog, testing the relative merits of crampons versus dog claws on the ice at Dean Black Brook, White Coppice, Wednesday 8th December (late morning)

Team Leader Garry Rhodes ice climbing on one of the numerous short ice pitches in Dean Black Brook, White Coppice, Wednesday 8th December

Trainee team member John Fletcher and Training Officer Elaine Gilliland, steep ground crampon front-pointing at Dean Black Brook on the frozen shale slopes further up the valley from White Coppice, Wednesday 8th December

Amazing icicle formations in the lower Dean Black Brook area of White Coppice, Wednesday 8th December, team members Garry Rhodes, Elaine Gilliland and John Fletcher present.