Bennachie - Aberdeenshire.
Start Back of Bennachie carpark.
up towards Craigshannoch, Mithertap.
descent off SE side of Mithertap and into tree skiing.
back up to Mithertap, and descent on SW side and down low through sparse trees.
back up to Craigshannoch, and descent off N, then combat skiing through trees.

9km total, and 725m of vertical. on Scott mission skis and tele gear

sunny spells, and cold wind on summit
excellent visibility

mainly perfect powder snow, some areas of windslab on North side of mountain near top.
great on south side and sumblime in trees

telemarker

Udny-NewCraig-OldCraig the on to the Formartine and Buchan trail (the old railway) to Newmacher Station and back

Sunny

Roads ploughed to a layer of hardpacked snow - good for skating. Fields deep, but starting to consolidate. Railline deep where not packed by walkers, complete bar once section near Newmacher wher there was a stream running down the track

Dave H

d dot horsley at abdn dot ac dot uk

Back roads around Udny Green on xc kit - 14.7km

Sunny

Hard packed by the plough

Dave H

d dot horsley at abdn dot ac dot uk

Newburgh beach sand dunes . Started at the car park and followed the boardwalk into the dunes . The wooden boards gave a nice run out . One or two dunes with no grass gave short runs where a few linked turns were possible.

NE wind with heavy snow showers coming in from offshore. Temp +2 at sea level.

Very dry 2 inch layer of snow on top of firm sand.

NeilA

n dot anderson479 at btinternet dot com