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| Morning ice |
Alpine conditions and skies with a wee breeze thrown in at the Cairngorms today.
Gavin and friends are on a 2 day winter course this weekend. A stiff breeze at Coire Cas carpark this morning and a breezy walk in to Coire an Lochain. We covered plenty of essential movement with axe and crampon techniques and some avalanche awareness and assessmentt.
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| Firm snow in the shade |
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| Alpine conditions |
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| Step cutting |
There has been some avalanche activity last couple of days in the Northern Cairngorms, as can be seen by various areas of debris. Don't forget folks a MODERATE avalanche risk is still very much just that. Read through the reports every day.
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| Avalanche debris |
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| Steep ground, safe route choices |
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| Great conditions for cramponing |
Avalanche assessment is always an ongoing daily practice on every outing in winter.
We made our way up to Cairn Lochan, the winds easing a tad in the afternoon.
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| Less windy in the afternoon |
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| Cairn Lochan |
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| Splendid afternoon |
A wind/sun burn day if you're not greased up in these conditions. For our afternoon break from the winds we headed to a snow shelter area. Lovely out of the gales.
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| Cooling off and out the wind |
The plateau still holding lots of wonderful snow. Plenty of folk out walking, climbing and skiing.
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| Ben Macdui very white |
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| Coire an t-sneachda |
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| Descending 1141m on wonderful snow |
Top day, as always.
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