It was great to catch up with
Max Hunter for a day in the Cairngormes. We attempted The Seam, however bailed as the route was super snowy but turfs very unfrozen!
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| Max on The Seam |
I then met up with Annie LE and Huw for a two day winter mission in Glen Avon. Naving across the plateau went very well however our descend down Diagoanal Gully turned pretty scratchy. Whilst testing the stability of a side cone, it avalanched, wiping Huw off his feet carrying him a good 10m down hill. This put us on edge so we made a hasty decent and out the way of the unstable windblown snow.
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| Descending Diagonal Gully |
Once in the Glen, we were short on time so headed straight to shelter stone to sleep. This is a huge boulder with a space for 5-6 people to sleep. As expected it was a super cold night with snow blowing onto us through the build stone walls.
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| Glen Avon |
The next day, we tried to climb Castle Ridge on Shelter Stone wall. Poor gear and bad route finding meant we didn't get very far before bailing and wading up 1m powder back onto the plateau and straight to the Skiing-du.
On the third day, we managed a climb! The Hastons Line, III, on Mess of Pottage was super snowy but we all had a lead and finished slightly later then hoped...
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| Annie (Green blob) leading off on The Haston Line |
Topping out in the dark before naving across to 1147 and down to the Ski Center car park.
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