
Group members: Matthew Glenn
Wind speed: 25-30mph
Visibility: Very poor
Equipment Used: Ice axe and crampons were required.
Temperature - -3 at 1150m
Notes:CAIRNGORM
Walking from the ski centre up to cairn gorm and down Coire Raibert to loch Avon, and back up Coire Domhain to stob coire an t-Sneachda and across to cairn Lochan. Then down Miadan Creag an Leth-choin spur and then back to the ski centre.
Map an compass were needed especially when the cloud was low which made visibility very difficult.
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.