Couldn’t get much more different to yesterday’s weather. Beautiful bluebird conditions. Wasn’t too busy and made my way up for the afternoon via drag lifts. Couldn’t be bothered waiting for the funicular. Faicaill poma took me to the now consolidated powder fields of yesterday. Still soft, still wonderful. As the day went on the snow […]
Tag: Aviemore
Cairngorm, Tuesday 15th March 2011
First day up at Gorm this season. Plenty of snow around great depth but visibility was yet again a problem. Some great powder off Faicall Ridge. Back leg burn was an issue as I don’t seem to be in shape so much compared to last year. Did zig zags and gun-barrel mostly as well as […]
Cairngorm Sunday 14th March
Second day on the Gorm and if anything the weather had worsened. More white-mare conditions and I had not fully recovered from the beating the M1 Poma had given me the day before. More cruising was had although slightly more subdued. Tried to make it to the Ciste Gully, but visibility and wind so bad […]
Cairngorm Saturday 13th March
Looking forward to making the most of the vast snow coverage that Cairngorm was boasting. However the high winds and low visibility put paid to that. Most of the lifts in Corrie na Ciste were closed but we did make it down the Ciste Gully / East Wall and made use of the Day Lodge […]
Cairngorm, Saturday 28th February
Drove to Aviemore for the weekend. Not expecting much weather-wise Saturday dawned brightly. On approach to Cairngorm, the hill looked very brown. However once we got up the funicular we crossed the ice-clad Corrie Casand took the tow to the top. We made the most of what was there and as the day went on […]