Locryn Williams - 184008

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Winter Walking Record

Details

Date : 14/02/2025

Duration : 5-8 hours

Style : Solo

Type : Mountain Walking (non-QMD)

Weather : Clear - sunny - good visibility

Wind : No wind

Camping Type : N/A

Nights Camping : 0

Mountains : Cnap Coire Na Spreidhe

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Description

A nav and skills day out in winter plus looking at geology of cairngorms. Late start as did some work on weather, looked at 1:25 and 1:40 Harvey’s maps. As there wasn’t much snow I used 1:25 for more features and swapped after I hit the snow line.
Practiced various types of arrest, cutting steps and walking in snow on varied terrain.

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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