Mark Norman - 168850

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Winter Walking Record

Details

Date : 10/01/2017

Duration : 5-8 hours

Style : Group Member

Type : Mountain Walking (non-QMD)

Weather : Light snow - poor visibility

Wind : No wind

Camping Type : N/A

Nights Camping : 0

Mountains : Cairn Gorm

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Description

Winter day with as part of 5 day Winter Skills course at Glenmore Lodge. Into Northern Corries to cover movement skills in Winter including self arrest, step cutting, use of crmapons, basic Nav and winter kit

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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