Northern Corries
Some photos of Coire an t-Sneachda from yesterday. High snow line and little cover. Cold day, but milder today and over the weekend.
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Wind and Snow
A good day in the Northern Cairngorms – although much fresh snow on the way up and high winds. The road was closed until late in the morning, so we visited the crag in Coire na Ciste. By 1pm the sun was out and the freezing level was way above the crag and most […]
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?? (L to R: Lee on cave route; belay above Loch A’an) Productive weekend in the Northern Cairngorms climbing a variety of routes – Savage Slit on Saturday gave a challenge in wet conditions (see – short film clip here) ?the rock is so clean and grippy that it hardly made a change to the […]
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? (Tracy on the Fingers) A mostly dry weekend – Tracy, Peter, Keith and myself went up to the Northern Cairngorms to avoid the rain. We climbed a blusterey Fingers Ridge on Saturday, looking at?anchors and runner placements.?We all thought that one of the Fingers looks like it might not last that long – ceratinly […]
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