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| Excellent hard snow for cramponing |
No sign of real winter weather coming our way anytime soon. With a limited snowpack above 1000m in the Cairngorms and high winds on the summits it is a tough time all round for getting my groups out and skilled up. Knowing where the snow lies and in sheltered areas is key to getting a day of winter skills in. Today I was joined by Vivek, Kara, Melissa and Malcolm for an introduction to winter walking course.
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| Limited snow but solid |
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| Axe arresting is tough in these conditions |
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| Vivek enjoying his first taste of winter |
It was a bright skies morning up in the Cairngorms. Tempting to get up high but with windspeeds forecast to reach over 60mph we stayed in the shelter of the coire.
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| Sheltered and great cramponing snow |
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| Enjoying the winter conditions |
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| Good cramponing technique |
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| Step cutting |
We managed to make the most of the available snow in our little part of the world. We only saw 2 other folk, Richard and his client out in the winds.
Snow tomorrow 😀
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