ABOUT US

Abacus Mountain Guides started providing mountain adventures in November 2000. IFMGA Mountain Guide Mike Pescod started the business with Winter Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor Donald King after working together for two years at Outward Bound Scotland. Sally Hudson then joined the team in September 2015.

Don't expect anything off the shelf. We deliver the perfect trip for you based on the prevailing weather and conditions, your previous experience and aspirations!

Abacus Mountain Guides Ltd is registered in Scotland, SC378703.
VAT Registration Number 298028763
Abacus Mountaineering and Nevis at Night are trading names of Abacus Mountain Guides Ltd.

Who We Are

Mike Pescod

DoB
9th September 1972

Qualifications
IFMGA British Mountain Guide
Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor
Winter Mountain Leader
​Summer Mountain Leader
MBLA Mountain Bike Leader

Mountain Training Course Provider of Summer Mountain Leader Award Courses, British Cycling Tutor of Level 2 MBLA Courses.

Donald King

DoB
20th September 1972

Qualifications
Winter Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor
Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor
Winter Mountain Leader
​Summer Mountain Leader

Sally Hudson

DoB
6th January 1988

Qualifications
International Mountain Leader​
Winter Mountain Leader
Summer Mountain Leader

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Our Guides

During busy periods of the year we call on a small team of selected Mountain Leaders and Mountaineering Instructors who share the same passion for the hills as Mike, Donald and Sally. Your instructor might hold the Summer Mountain Leader, Winter Mountain Leader, Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor, Winter Mountaineering and Climbing Instructor or IFMGA Mountain Guide qualifications, Trail Cycle Leader or Mountain Bike Leader Mountain Bike qualifications or British Cycling Level 2 or Level 3 MBLA. Mike also works as a mentor to MIC trainees who we use for winter guiding and instructing work. We only provide qualified and experienced instructors and guides but please feel free to ask about what qualifications your instructor holds.

Instructors and guides are working for Abacus Mountain Guides as sub-contractors. They are responsible for your safety when you are doing the activity with them and they hold their own professional liability insurance for this. We make every effort to make sure the instructor or guide is the right person for you through our previous experience with them, their qualification and through training and mentoring them in their work.

Why choose us?

There are many guiding companies and event organising companies to choose from. What makes Abacus Mountain Guides the best choice?

• In charge of mountain safety we have Mike Pescod who is an IFMGA British Mountain Guide. This is the highest mountaineering qualification in the world and he has been working as a mountain guide since 1994.
• All of our group leaders, instructors and guides are qualified and insured, and many have been trained and assessed by Mike.
• Mike is the Chair of the Nevis Landscape Partnership which manages and maintains the Nevis area for us all to enjoy.
• Mike is a member of the Lochaber Mountain Rescue Team and this experience is invaluable when it comes to managing our own events safely.