Winter Walking in the Homeland
Kate mixed climbing on Ficaill
Coire an t Sneachda
I have just had 4 days winter walking with Kate in the Cairngorms, we had some wild days out with wind being a big feature of everyday. We started on Saturday climbing the North Ridge of Cairngorm with lots of wet blowing snow. It's years since I was skiing in Scotland, walking down through the ski area I was impressed by the enthusiasm and dedication of the skiers on a wild day. On Sunday we headed to Glen Feshie this was a great test of Kate's navigation as we had a white out for much of the day. Monday was incredibly windy so we traversed the superb ridge from Meal a Bhuchaille the weather was clear so we had great views of the Cairngorms. We finished the week climbing the Ficaill Coire an t Sneachda in great mixed conditions. Kate is now off down to North Wales for an ML training course at PYB and I'm off to the Lyngen Alps in Norway skiing.