Winter Mountaineering in the Cairngorms

Cairngorms Weekend 4 March 07

The Cairngorms delivered its best and worst winter weather as last weekend saw Peter, Ali and I head to the Cairngorms for a weekend of Winter Mountaineering.

Saturday was one of those truly glorious days which make you happy to be alive. The sun shone all day, the condiitons were perfect and we enjoyed an awesome day of climbing in Fiacaill Couloir in Coire an t-Sneachda. The Cairngorms just doesn't get any more spectacular than this and there were plenty of walkers and climbing teams out enjoying the spectacular conditions.

Sunday showed the other side of the Scottish Highlands. After struggling against high winds on the walk in to Coire an t-Sneachda we were finally turned back at the rescue box when storm force wind made mobility impossible. Most climbing teams seemed to suffer the same fate as we had plenty of company on the walk back to the car park.

Overall the weekend was a great success and I'm looking forward to getting back into the hills again soon.