Ski tour on Grey Corries 10th March 2010

Headed out for a solo ski tour, main objective being to climb Stob Ban 972m behind the Grey Corries. Hiked in via Lairig Leacach bothy and then skinned up to the summit.

From there skied down the south flank and round into the bottom of the corrie to the north and climbed from there on skis all the way to the summit of Stob Coire na Ceannain. The last few metres had to carry the skis as it was both steep and icy.


Nice views of the arete from Ceannan to Claurigh.

Finished the day by descending the arete, dropping slightly into the basin on the right side of the arete and skiing all the way back top the Leachach trackway through Coire na Ceannan.

Both peaks and corries were new for me. Both corries are rarely visited.

A splendid ski tour, but I was a wee bit out of shape in the legs for this and suffered a few bouts of cramp en route to the second peak! Needed a long cold beer and a hot tub when I got home!