COLD, SNOWY, WINDY, CAIRNGORMS NEWBIES

The team enjoying the winter scene 

Break time and snow shelters 

Coire an t-Sneachda looking fine

Drifts 

Everyone is a big kid in snow

Coire an t-Sneachda 

Beautiful afternoon light 

Attire for today 

Great snow cover 

Mess of Pottage 

Movement skills 

Fun day out with 6 lovely folk from South Korea. Robby & co are all students down in London village.  Five ladies and one guy. They're up for two days of Scottish winter mountain skills. I met them all off the sleeper train in Aviemore. What a contrast of scenery (and climate)  it must be, Friday evening in the smoke,  Saturday morning trust into well below freezing temperatures and intimidating winter mountains. We headed into Coire an t-Sneachda and found shelter around the moraines area. We had bags of bright,  sunny skies between the brief snow showers blowing quickly through. It was in fact mostly spindrift.  The group did brilliant,  considering most had never been up a hill in summer,  never mind full winter conditions.
Winter in full swing now.