09.00 - 15.30, 9km, 630m.
Freezing level 800m, strong winds on tops, cloud base 900m. 5/6 Reaseheath students. Coire cas car park, White Lady sheiling, Fiacaill a Choire Chais, Stac an Fharaidh, Ciste Mhearad, Ptarmigan, Sron an Aonaich, car park. Kerin joined the other group before the Fiacaill. Going high to find snow for ice axe breaking below 1082m. Looked at kicking steps and team walking. Detoured to look down on Loch A’an. Chatted to group at Ciste Mhearad, who were digging a snow hole, and had done a small igloo. Looked at the snow profile there. Hard going back over the plateau to the Ptarmigan due to wind. Did some good legs of navigation.
Area :
The Cairngorms
The Cairngorms are ‘a little piece of the arctic in Scotland’ according to the SMC Munros Guide and the area contains many of the tallest peaks in the East Highlands. Ben Macdui (1309m), Cairn Gorm (1244m) and Braeriach (1296) are probably three of the better known and the whole area is full of steep corries and high plateaux. Access to the mountains is typically from Aviemore or Braemar.
