
A fantastic day walk out with Debbie and Ava. We researched the weather forecasts carefully to choose this day to ensure the best possible weather for our stay up here.
First half of the walk up windy ridge was sunshine and wind.
From the summit walking westwards to the next two high points we were in / out of cloud and light sleet with vis dropping to maybe 200mtrs at times.
Temp was around -5 for the duration of the walk, and around 4/5 degrees at the car park.
Very little navigation needed throughout, so instead we practised poor-vis nav with pacings and use of my altimeter. I would put this as an easy mountain walk, with plenty of cairns to follow. Snow was dusted over the ground from around 900m, but was all easily avoidable / in small pockets.
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.