5 Day winter skills course CAG.
Day 1 - Ciste Gully. Planning, Kit, BAA, Movement skills, intro nav, crampons
Day 2 - Cairngorme mountain journey. Weather, BAA, Nav, self belay, sliding, self belay, steeper ground in Ciste Mherith
Day 3 - Uties hut up to Castle Hill. Nav day with steeper ground work on snow between Castle Hill and Creag a'chalamain
Day 4 - Self planned day. Sgor Gaoith. Lots of great decision making in strong winds.
Day 5 - Ski area - 60mph winds as base station. Used snow behind fences to revisit, movement, self belay, emergendy shelters, swipe steps and sliding.
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.
