MAY WINTER SKILLS IN THE CAIRNGORMS

Plenty of snow in Coire an t-Sneachda for snow skills

Soft snow

making our way to the Fiacaill

Loving it

Rock and snow on the ridge

Graham cooling off on the top

The team on Cairn Lochan

Celebrations

See how much sliding we can get in

More

and another long slide down

Dave and his group of 10 folk booked a day out with me just a few days ago. Their annual weekend away to the hills usually includes a big day on the mountains and some wild camping. They saw last weeks winter conditions and thought it sensible to get some instruction on walking safely in snow. With such a big group of 11 folk I had Rich help me out today. It was great fun and all the guys had similar fitness levels so we stayed as a group quite nicely. We headed into Sneachda to run through the basics before heading up to the Fiacaill Coire Sneacda. It was very hot in the snow on steep ground. The ridge still as snow banked up along its western side. There are some patches of bare ground on the plateau but the snow cover is still extensive despite the heatwave. Great fun bum sliding down from Cairn Lochan iinto the coire. A fun day out and a great bunch of guys who loved every minute. We never saw another soul all day Winter fun if you still want it! Cheers to Rich coming over from the wild west to help me today.