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 Between Beinn Ghlas and Ben Lawers
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 dropping down from Beinn Ghlas
|  Steep section Ben Lawers
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 eastwards towards Lawers
|  wild
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 View south from Ben Lawers
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 Coire a' Chonnaidh south of Beinn Ghlas
|  Dropping into Coire a' Chonnaidh
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 perfect underfoot
|  Coire a' Chonnaidh
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 hard pack lower down using burn courses to pick a return route to the car
|  near the summit of Beinn Ghlas
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|  Wild return along the ridge
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:: Tour Route(s) or Location Skied/Ridden
Beinn Ghlas & Ben Lawers leaving the road at the bridge over the Edramucky burn
:: Weather Conditions
Clear, freezing at all levels rising by the afternoon to circa 450m. Very strong winds for a period am and pm with brilliant spindrift conditions
:: Snow Conditions and Distrubtion
Hard, windblown, packed powder, powder, pure ice, sastrugi - basically everything in one day.
Ski's on just above the car following a shallow gully intially until the snowfields allowed skiing anywhere above 470m.
"Lone B2's" spotted leaving the summit of Beinn Ghlas as we arrived. A couple of other touring parties seen on top of Ben Lawers
:: Skiers/Riders
Dave Mitchell & Al Todd. Several other parties incl
This report was posted by AlTodd at 19.37hrs on Sun 3rd Feb 13
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