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Glencoe and Cairngorm Ski Touring Report - 30 May and 1 June 2014
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Some pics below of Scotland ski touring over the past two days
. Great weather and fairly extensive skiing (for the time of year) on lovely soft snow at Glencoe on Saturday (30 May). 300m of vertical available. Easy access via the sightseeing chairlift as well.
Weather was more overcast at Cairngorm yesterday (Sunday 1 June) and we had 45 mins of bushwacking to get to the snow. More nice cover though and 250m of vertical in the Ciste Gully. We saw two other ski tourers at Glencoe and a tourer plus two skiers who'd carried their kit up at Cairngorm.
We bumped into the Glencoe owner on the Spring Run - who said that there is still 8m of snow in some places on that run. Bodes well for them running the Cliffhanger Chair (for even easier access to the snow) for the Midsummer Slide that's planned for 21 June
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Heading for the snow at Glencoe:
Still a fair depth on the upper mountain:
Main Basin:
On foot to the Spring Run:
The Spring Run:
Heading for home via The Wall:
Ciste Gully, Cairngorm:
Nice cover:
Run full width lower down:
There's nothing like a raging mountain river and collapsing snow to sharpen concentration....
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Don't know how I missed this post. It looks magic, especially Glencoe.
Are you heading up for the midsummer bash ?
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Cheers
moffatross
. A reply at last - after only 1700+ views! I was wondering if it was something that I'd said!
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Are you heading up for the midsummer bash ?
That's the plan - but (as ever) it'll be weather dependent with us being so far away. On our recent Glencoe trip the owner said he thinks there could be 60 or 70 there....the pistes could be swarming!
Anyway, we enjoyed last weekend so much that we went back up to Cairngorm last Friday night and hiked/skied/skinned on Saturday
. The wind was a bit wild - especially on (surprise surprise) the Windy Ridge ascent (it was a lot stronger than the forecast) - but the Ciste Gully was a bit more sheltered. The unbroken vertical available had reduced by about 40m from the previous weekend, to around 170m or so - so still a very worthwhile run that we lapped three times. We also skied a 200m patch just below the Ptarmigan Tow and a steep 100m patch on the West Wall. Another good day (total 730m vertical skied & 900m+ ascended on foot/skins) - despite the necessary evil that is the slog back over to the Daylodge through the deep heather ....
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Fantastic photos. Good to see some snow.
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. Great weather and fairly extensive skiing (for the time of year) on lovely soft snow at Glencoe on Saturday (30 May). 300m of vertical available. Easy access via the sightseeing chairlift as well.
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