Reports - winter conditions and activity

Sunday, March 10, 2013

The Cairngorms 05-08/03/13

I've been working all week in the Cairngorms running a winter climbing course for www.tollymore.com

Its been a great week of changing conditions and climbing and the team have been good crack and met the winter challenge head on...

A change in the weather on Thursday brought all the steep mixed routes back into great condition, most other routes were already looking good, though there is now a reasonable avalanche threat in many areas.  We moved away from the Runnel on Thursday due to the amount of fresh debris at its base.

A selection of shots from the week below.


Patey's Route IV/5 **

Abb descent...


 The Vent


 Looking at ice threads

 Lead climbing instruction

Steep mixed looking good again!

 Good ice on The Vent


The Seam IV/5 ***

Celebration brawl at the top... Concentrate! 

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