AFTER THE STORMS, COMES THE SUN

Fresh snow on Meall a Bhuachaille 

Lovely day of sun and cloud

A taste of useing axes

Harriet & Tom on the summit 

Nice to see the sun

The Northern Corries looking whiter

Up for the 3 Peaks

The winds had eased right down after yesterday's stormy conditions. Fresh snow down to 300m this morning. Harriet & Tom out with me today for a taster of winter walking. The snow gates were closed at Glenmore so we decided on a day up Meall a Bhuachaille instead of the planned Northern Corries. Meall a Bhuachaille is one of the finest viewpoints of the Northern Cairngorms and for such a short day out you get brilliant viewpoints. After our visit to the summit we walked over the two other lower summits of Creagan Gorm and Craiggowrie. The only steep ground on these hills is on the North side of Creagan Gorm.  So we traversed round to this seldom visited spot for Harriet and Tom to have some experience of using their ice axes. We retraced our steps back along the ridge after the third summit of Craiggowrie,  to savour the sun and views again!