08.15 - 19.00, 16km, 790m. Cairngorms, Scotland.
Cloud base above 1400m and light winds, by mid-afternoon cloud base 950m, old snow above 800m, unconsolidated snow in bottom of gullies, winds moderate with light steady snowfall. Graham McCulloch and myself. Car park, White Lady Sheiling chair lift, Cairn Gorm, col at head of Coire Raibeirt, GR 000023, Allt Coire Domhain, Hell’s Lum - The Chancer (IV/V), spot height 1186 (GR 986005), north top Ben Macdui, Ben Macdui, Lochan Buidhe, col at head of Coire Domhain, Stob Coire an t-Sneachda, Fiacaill Coire Cas car park. Camped at Loch Morlich.
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.
