Winter tracking in the Scottish Highlands—anyone want to collaborate on winter survey?

I'm planning a proper winter expedition to the central Highlands in late December and I'm looking for experienced field researchers who are willing to get cold and uncomfortable in the name of cryptozoology. This is going to be serious work, not a weekend jolly.

What I'm proposing:

- 10-14 days camping in the wilderness
- Systematic track survey across known hotspot areas (been researching Scottish Sasquatch reports for about 5 years)
- Thermal imaging, audio recording, hair sample collection if we get lucky
- Winter conditions mean high visibility of tracks and scat. Also means wildlife less active so any large mammal tracks are likely to be significant
- I've got permits sorted and insurance
- Split costs: roughly £150-200 per person depending on group size

I'm not looking for crypto-tourists. This is proper fieldwork. You need to be genuinely experienced, comfortable in bad weather, and willing to follow a research protocol that means sometimes the boring documentation work is more important than 'seeing something cool'.

Interested?

I'm interested but I need to know more about your methodology and your prior experience. What areas specifically? What's the basis for your hotspot research? And what's your hypothesis - are we looking for Sasquatch specifically, or general large unknown primates?

Winter tracking is smart if you've got snow, but Scottish Highlands in December might not give you that. Have you factored in conditions without snow cover?

I'd be interested in joining. I've done a fair bit of field research in the Rockies (I'm Canadian, moved to the UK a few years back) and I'm used to winter conditions. What's your timescale for finalising the group? I'd want to run through methodology and objectives first obviously.

This sounds brilliant but £150-200 for two weeks of kit and logistics seems low? Unless you're subsidising? Not questioning the value, just genuinely curious how you've costed this. Winter camping in Scotland is not cheap if you're doing it properly.

I'm not experienced enough to join but I'd be very interested in hearing results once you're back. Scottish Sasquatch reports are under-documented compared to North American stuff. If you get any decent physical evidence I'd want to see it analysed properly.