SKI TOURING

Coire an Lochain from pt 1083 - Steve Stout enjoying his first tour!

This winter has seen some great conditions for ski-touring with the Cairngorm plateau holding snow well. I have managed several tours across the plateau including a blue ski day to Ben Macdui. Recently Cairngorm Mountain have introduced a ski mountaineering ticket, which for £10 allows two lifts (NOT including the railway) so you can get up as far as the Ptarmigan restaurant and set off on your tour.  The conditions on Cairngorm have varied from sheet ice to soft snow depending on the melt and wind.


The heavy snowfall of the second week of March has left excellent conditions and last week Sandy Paterson and I took advantage of this by getting the ticket up the slopes. We then headed over Cairngorm down Coire Raibert and over Cairn Lochan before a  terrific ski down Lurchers Gully and a quick skin back up to the car park .

The ski down Lurchers