There’s no hiding place in winter. Well, there is, you could dig a snow hole or pull out your emergency shelter. But figuratively speaking, there’s no hiding place in winter. In summer, get lost and you might miss last orders at the pub. In winter, get lost and you might succumb to hypothermia or unknowingly step out onto a corniced edge.
Unfortunately, navigation errors lead to fatalities every winter on both sides of the Atlantic, so the ability to safely navigate through the white stuff is important to say the least. At the end of the day, the principles of navigation remain the same in winter as in summer, it’s just that the challenges of navigating in winter means your skills may need to be as sharp as your ice axe.
