Glenshee to Lochnagar and down to Balmoral. To see video go to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CxOZwX4c0k

Clag at the start then sunny and clear. Some clag later. Just below freezing all day.

Hard pack neve as far as Cairn of Claise and then 2cms of fresh snow all the way to Lochnagar. Snow cover continued all the way to the Gelder Shiel and then with a little heather hopping down the track to the north side of Prince Albert's Cairn - 2kms from the bus stop.

Roger Wild

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A long nordic ski tour we have been wanting to do for years.
On saturday all the perfect ingredients for a grand day out were in alignment - so we went for it. Left a car at Invercauld, then
Start approx. 2km north of Glenshee by Cluny burn. Up N-side of Sron na Gaoithe ridge and skirted south side of Cairn of Claise. Across to Tolmount, Knaps of Fafernie, Fafernie. Amazing snow cover here and good travelling on Nordic skis.
Then skirted round south side of Carn an ?Sagairt Mor and Beag and onwards to Cac Carn Mor on Lochnagar. Returned to the Stuic, then crossed to north side of Carn an t-Sagairt Beag for an excellent long ski down via Allt a?Choire Duibh and track by Feindallacher Burn. Fun skiing down the tracks in Ballochbuie Forest and finished at 2nd car park close to Bridge of Dee (Invercauld).

One of the best days out this season - a fantastic tour
28km, 7.5hrs

Fantastic - Blue skies most of the day and roasting in sun.

snow firm on first climb, then mix of fresh, some crust and spring snow on descent

tele, hustler, steelytail, Rambo Ramsay

Sean Spittal Bridge on A93 - Carn Tuirc - Cairn of Claise and return. Descended W face of Carn Tuirc: an amazingly good run!

Sunny and clear. Light winds.

Excellent conditions. Extensive deep cover on N and W facing slopes, though elsewhere patchy below 900m. Skiable from the roadside. Odd icy patch and sastrugi on the plateau, superb packed powder turning to spring snow lower down.

Mark, Gillian, Al and Julia

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Biked from tomintoul into inchrory. Intermittent snow on track after inchrory so ditched the bike there. Went 1km up Avon track and traversed SW up onto the ridge. Followed ridge to summit then back down caol ghleann to within 1km of Avon track.10 min skin up to link snow patches back to bridge at inchrory.

Clear bleu

Spring snow below 600m. Continuous cover on the plateau. Firm snow with a few cm of give on top. A little crusty and wind affected in parts.

al solo

Starting at the Cairnwell snow gates, skinned over Meal Odhar to Glas Maol. South to summit of Creag Leacach and then west down Hesitation Gully to the car park at the Devil's Elbow. Hitch hike back to car park- First car picked us up, thank you.. Then skin N and NE to Coire Fionn, up the north ridge and round to Claise, avoiding the pistes. Descended the back of Garbh Coire, carefully avoiding the heavily loaded bulges on the east and south sides of the bowl. Skied out directly to the road in Glen Cluny and hitched back up to the ski area. This time it took 20 minutes to get a lift. Apologies for the lack of photos.

Cold air, calm and baking hot in full sun all day.

Mixed on approach in the morning, all sorts; icy on the steep face of GM. About a foot of very dry and cold powder in Hesitation where the main bowl was untracked. Respect to the boarders and dog who halted their boot pack up on the south side of the coire to stand back and watch our descents. Skis stayed on to the burn below the road. Still cold snow to ascend on in the afternoon, icy sastrugi on exposed ridges, everywhere else soft. Powder turning to spring in Garbh, still loose yet setting up nicely in the afternoon sun. Air still very cold. No difficulty skiing to the footbridge by the road.

Sue, Andy on the splitboard, Eliot, Kenny & Hustler

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