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| Jo & Fran enjoying the fresh snow |
One of the many reasons I love the Scottish winter season is the constant and rapid changes in snow conditions almost every day. As I write this blog the snow is lying on the streets of Aviemore, the deepest at this altitude all season. This fresh snow arrived last night. Only a couple of days ago we were 'basking' in some silly plus 8 degrees C or higher at Strathspey. A very welcome return to winter!
Yesterday Jo and Fran were out with me on their first taste of winter hillwalking. We had snowballing to around 400m on Sunday evening/ early Monday morning. By the time we had talked through the outline of our day, sorted out crampons, kit list check, etc the snow had ceased falling.
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| Coire an Lochain re-freezing |
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| Winter resumes |
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| Lunch with no wind |
We had a look at avalanche forecasts and weather forecasts before deciding on our route today. It was a joy to be walking from Coire Cas carpark either snow underfoot from the word go. The snow atower altitudes was superficial and only a few cm's, but winter was back!
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| Enjoying winter |
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| Snow ploughing back again |
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| Coire an Lochain |
We covered plenty if essential skills during the day and it was lively to have no wind and a conversation in the peaceful, cold air. Lovely to be out in well below freezing conditions. I missed that cold nip on my face :).
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| Cramponing |
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| Coire an Lochain |
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| Tops cleared by afternoon |
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| Coire an Lochain more winter-like |
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| Snowcover above 400 |
The path put of the coire was icy on the walk out, plenty of folk walking and climbing today.
A brilliant day and great company. Fran and Jo loving their first taste of winter hillwalking.
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