ALPINE DAYS IN THE CAIRNGORMS

 

Fabulous snow and sunny 

Brother's Ollie & Will are out with me this weekend for two days of Winter skills and guiding. It looks like they are going to get the best two consecutive days of glorious weather and snow conditions we've had all winter! We started off in cloudy  overcast skies this morning but the sun soon broke through. 

All smiles on the snow

Coire an t-sneachda 

Cairn Gorm

Spring in the Strath, Winter in the mountains 

Light breeze, minus temperatures and sunshine on the mountains. The snowpack had an icy base with some soft snow on the surface. Perfect for novices as not to daunting on icy slopes.

Coire an Lochain 

Fiacaill Coire Sneachda 

Coire an Lochain 

We made our way onto the Cairngorm plateau. A full cover of snow and superb visibility by early afternoon. 

Ollie in Alpine mode

Will enjoying the winter conditions 

Afternoon sunshine 

One of those to linger on the tops and soak in the views. March is always the finest month. 

Afternoon light

Coire an t-sneachda 

Coire an t-sneachda looking absolutely splendid  plenty of Climbers out and about.

Full snow cover to 750m

Cairn Lochan

Looking even better on Sunday with wall to wall sunshine again and light winds.

Coire an Lochain