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touring & backcountry
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 Tree skiing in "Benrinnes wood"
|  Ben Rinnes from East/
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 view west towards cloudy cairngorms from Ben Rinnes
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:: Tour Route(s) or Location Skied/Ridden
Ben Rinnes.
Started from carpark on Edinvillie back road @300m.
Kicker skins on for skin-up via the walkers path e.g. round hill, Roys Hill.
Changed to full skins @600m.
Continued to summit of Ben Rinnes @840m.
Skiied down West face to about 600m.
Kicker skins on and back to summit, then skied South-East side of the hill down towards Distillery and my favourite tree skiing spot amongst the pine trees of "Ben Rinnes Wood".
Then back up onto Roy's Hill and high speed back down ridge to car park.
:: Weather Conditions
Sunny spells, good clear views in all directions,
looked very nice on Ben Wyvis.
freezing level about 500-600m
:: Snow Conditions and Distrubtion
varied between 6" fresh snow wind-blown on hard base, wind-slab, and nice snow amongst the trees
:: Skiers/Riders
solo Telemarker
This report was posted by telemarker at 16.16hrs on Mon 27th Dec 10
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