04-08-13, 09:58 AM
Yes, that's the problem with mountain regions. They generate their own weather systems and you just have to live with what you get. Have heard stories of climbers pitching close to their intended routes and then having to wait for weeks until conditions were right. In some years, those conditions never materialise, and they end up packing up and going home having achieved nothing. I've been really lucky with the weather on UK trips to Scotland, Wales & the Lakes so far, but I suppose that luck can't last forever. And of course, the Alps are a bit more extensive/extreme compared to our own little hills.