Fantastic weather, James and I headed across to the Cairngorms for a day ski touring.0900 we left the Cairngorm ski area and headed into Lurcher's Gully.
We skinned up and over Cairn Lochan and then skied down Tailor's Burn from just below Macdui, Scotland's second highest summit into the Lairig Ghru, the famous pass that splits the high Cairngorms.
Magical skiing in Garbh Coire, the heart of the wild Cairngorms. Angel's Peak on left.
Then we skinned up Braeriach past the lip of Coire Bhrochain and on up the west arete
Finally making it up to the corniced rim of the corrie in supoer warm temperatures....
....and working round the rim to the summit......
And finally approaching the top of Braeriach.
Then we set off west and skied down and round the northern corries of Braeriach, covering terrain few people walk or ski over, but that dominates the skyline from Speyside....
Then finally cross country into the Lairig Ghru, close to where the old Sinclair Hut used to be....and then a weary pull up and over the Chalamain Gap and over the moors to the Cairngorm ski car park, still brimming with people and cars. Great tour of 23kms with 1150m of climb done in just over 7 hours. Memorable. Probably the last real big day this winter?
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