WINTER SKILLS, DAY 2

 

Great snow conditions 

Sunday 15th January. 

Fabulous day in the Cairngorms. 

Suzanne & Colin out with Tarmachan Mountaineering on their 2nd day of winter fun.

Happy mountain folk

With much lighter winds it was great to get onto a journey in the mountains. 

 We had some wonderful wind scoured, firm and frozen snow slopes today, brilliant cramponing.

Crampons on 

Great conditions 

On the plateau it was poor visibility but we enjoyed the cold, minus a lot temperatures as we made our way up to Cairn Gorm summit.

Another group enjoying the conditions 

Only a brief couple of snow flurries.

The snowline had creeped down to 400m with the overnight snow.

Coire an t-sneachda 

Some aspects were CONSIDERABLE avalanche risk today. We had another good chat about avalanche assessment and awareness and looked in detail at the SAIS forecast before setting out.

Cairn Gorm - their first winter Munro 

Poor visibility on the plateau 

Throughout any winter journey in the hills  the weather and avalanche forecasts are essential part of your planning.  

A top couple of days with Father and Daughter team from Liverpool,  always great banter with folk from Scouseville , of course  😀