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scottishskier wrote:First day of the season for me yesterday. Took the day off work at the last minute and headed to Cairngorm.
Driving up the road was spectacular. Loch Morlich at Dawn
First train up and straight to the White Lady. Fresh tracks all the way. Only one set of tracks from the day before. Continued to lap this 5 times before another sole ventured down!
More fresh over towards the M1. Getting a little tracked out...
Time to head further afield. Skinned up the Marquis Well to the summit of Cairngorm and into the sun.
Fantastic views from the top across the plateau. Excellent snow cover for the time of year.
Down the west face of Caringorm and up towards Sneachda. Looking into Coire an-tSneachda.
Coire Raibert and Cairngorm from Sneachda summit.
Hmm... time for something a little steeper. Looking into Alladin's couloir.
First pitch after the split between Alladin's and Jacob's. Perfect snow, 2" fresh on a hard but grippy base.
Not too banked out yet, giving interesting skiing with a small ice pitch to negotiate.
Out into the appron. Fantastic snow.
A slog back to Coire Cas via the Fiacaill ridge and back onto the lifts.
Back onto the lifts for a few laps then another skin up to the summit for sunset.
Skiing down the Coire Cas headwall after sunset. Cracking way to end a great day.
I just hope the snow doesn't all melt now. The weather is not looking great this week too. :( Heres hoping we get many more days like this! :)