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| Navigation in the white room |
Issi and John were back out with me today, their 2nd day of their winter course. With very low cloud below 750m it was ideal conditions for Navigation. Map and compass are the no. 1 skills to master, especially in winter. Not ice axe arresting which some folk seem to regard as the priority, go discuss 🤔. 😉
We set off from Coire Cas and were soon into poor visibility on the route into Coire an t-sneachda. The boulder field in the coire is now well filled in with snow and a breeze to walk through.
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| Coire an t-sneachda |
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| Approaching Windy Gap |
We made our way up to Windy Gap without a breath of wind in the coire. Up on the plateau it was poor visibility. Map and compass out.
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| Map and compass, the no. 1 skill |
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| Leapfrogging |
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| Cairn Gorm |
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| Lunch |
It was near whiteout conditions up from Windy Col to Cairn Gorm. There was a chilly breeze and some snow/hail flurries but no more snow fall. The forecast was suggesting a lot of fresh snow fall.
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| Ciste Mhearad |
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| Axe and crampons |
John and Issi navigated perfectly down to Ciste Mhearad in true white out conditions. We did a bit of steep ground tech and finished with some axe arresting. It was whiteout conditions back over to the defunct high altitude cafe.
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| Back in the white room |
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| More accurate navigation |
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| A break in the clouds |
Even below the cafe it was still poor visibility and some more compass work required to get down Windy Ridge. Around 3pm the clouds station part and some nice views towards the end of the day. A great couple of days with these lovely folk. Mountain Hare Photography for them.on their next outing with me.
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| Views at the end |
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| Nice |
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| Loch Morlich |
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