
Winter Assessment, Scottish Mountain Leader Training Scheme.
09.45 - 17.00, 7.3km, 580m. Glenmore, Cairngorms, Scotland.
Cloud base 750m, rising to 1200m by early afternoon, winds light to moderate. Adrian Liddell with four candidates. Coire cas car park, head wall (snow pit analysis, ice axe breaking, snow belays, emergency shelter, step cutting on snow), GR 000038, GR 998034, base of Jacob’s Ladder (I), Fiacaill a’ Choire Chais, Coire cas car park. Deep powder on descent to base of Jacob’s Ladder.
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.