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| Descending into Coire an Lochain |
Lathia & Jason were out with me on An introduction to winter hillwalking. Completely new to winter they were looking for some good experience in using axe and crampons. When I met them in Aviemore this morning Jason's first words were ' there's not much snow around'. A statement he backtracked on about 4 hours kater 😀
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| Blue skies first thing |
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| Sneachda lochan |
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| Soft snow in the afternoon again |
After a chat on clothing, kit and equipment we headed into Coire an t-sneachda then up onto the plateau after we ran through the essentials of boot, axe and crampon techniques. Crampons weren't really required but they do give some people more confidence.
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| Cairn Lochan |
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| Cairngorm Plateau |
On the summit of Cairn Lochan we spotted a flock of 40+ Snow Bunting. Wonderful. The last few days I've seen these beautiful birds in both Sneachda and Lochain corries in smaller numbers.
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| Descending |
It was a cloudier afternoon and cooler than of late, well it is still winter of course! We descended into Coire an Lochain. Wonderful snow all theway down.
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| Soft snow |
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| Coire an Lochain |
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| Quiet and peaceful |
We had just come off the snow and sorting out gear, making a racket. Just a few metres away a pair of Ptarmigan just sat on the edge of the snow completely at ease and unperturbed in our presence. A great end to another top day of no wind, clear views and fun in the snow.
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