Around 10% of Iceland is covered by glacial ice

Did you know 90% of Icelandic beaches have black sand

Fulmar glide with stiff wings. Here they are preparing to nest on inland cliffs #seabird #iceland

conditions were wild and windy with high avalanche forecast due to snow loading.

Chamois/Gemse are goat antelope found across European mountain ranges including #carpathianmountains

From the summit of Jebel Toubkal in the High Atlas mountains. #highatlas

Panorama of the Atlas mountains in Morocco

Snowy conditions on Jebel Toubkal #mountains #morocco

Mules working hard on the lower slopes of Toubkal in winter.

Do protalus ramparts exist on the upper slopes of Kilimanjaro

The giant lobelia is a tropical alpine plant from the heathlands of Kilimanjaro. #succulents

Gigantic tropical, alpine plants grow up to 4000m on Kilimanjaro on the equator.

Jebel Toubkal at 4167m is the highest peak in north Africa 🌍

The first of my open courses for the year is Glaciation Masterclass on Saturday 21 March.

Rosemary burning gives a wonderful aroma and it's oily needles fire up beautifully in the #chiminea

Britain has 95% of the grey seals in Europe & 40% of the world population #wildlifewatch #greyseals

❄️ Stunning winter conditions in North Wales ⛏️ #bluebird #winter #mountains

Landscape & nature photography workshops. Develop your photography skills #photographycourse

The Cairngorms are the most extreme places for plants to survive in Britain #nature #mountains

Day 2 winter mountaineering skills climbing point 5 gully #munrobagging #mountaneering

Winter skills training in Scotland. Great foundation of walking skills #munros #scottishwinter

Beautiful golden moss bathing in autumn sunshine

Looking down the devil's kitchen

Stunning Bronze Age cairn in Snowdonia / Eryri

Iceland: Pillow lava are created when basaltic lava flows make contact with water #geology #lava

Iceland: Ptarmigan are arctic specialists & develop a white winter plumage #arctic #nature

Can you tell your heathers? Left to right; Ling, bell & cross-leaved #wildflowers #snowdonia

Capturing the evening light with wild a cloudscape #foryou #clouds #nature

The Alps. A natural companion for ALL your alpine adventures #alps #geology #flowers #hikes #nature

It's a bumper year for acorns. Hear them SPLASH into this river #acorn #splash

Scheuchzeri cottongrass in a lake below the Moiry glacier

Meeting a mule train on the Haute Route #foryou #swissalps

The pink-purple willow herbs contrasts against the stunning aqua marine blues of lac du moiry

Late summer flowering alpine plants. waking up to sunshine after the storm

🦋 Hummingbird hawk-moths are most commonly seen in August, buzzing around feeding in nectar

🌻 Alpine moon daisies blowing in the wind, soaking up the strong alpine sunshine 🌞 #alpineplants

Clouds descend onto the Swiss Alps

How now brown cow! 🐄 Braunvieh or Swiss Brown are a totally chilled cattle breed from the Swiss Alps

Tectonic and mountain building forces on display in the Swiss Alps

The Glarus Thrust, in eastern Switzerland, is a world famous thrust fault

Alpine larkspur is a member of the buttercup family found across Europe & Asia

Monkshood is a beautiful but strongly poisonous plant

Alpine salamanders can live high in the Alps at over 1000m

Drooping saxifrage - Britain's rarest mountain flower #mountainflowers #extremebotany

The Twinflower was a favourite plant of Carl Linnaeus, creator of the modern the taxonomic system

Hiking the Swiss Haute Route with the Weisshorn as a backdrop

The combative cows of Val d'Hérens

The insane TURQUOISE colour of Lake Moiry