Karl Wait - 161731

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Details

Date : 20/01/2013

Duration : 3-5 hours

Style : Equals

Type : Quality Mountain Day (QMD)

Weather : Heavy snow - poor visibility

Wind : Strong wind

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Nights Camping : 0

Mountains : Cairn Gorm - Fiacaill Coire an t-Sneachda

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Description

From Ski-Centre to Coire an Sneachda and up onto plateau then down Fiacaill choire Chais on bottoms with ice axe breaking.
Snow showers, 40 mph winds. (Took lead of group of 7 during ascent onto Plateau)

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.

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