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touring & backcountry
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 looking down onto "sneck" Allt glas mor
|  wonderfull valley to ski down Allt Glas Mor - Ben Avon
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 acres of lush spring snow
|  route - 32km
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 looking up Glen Slugain during bike ride in
|  dumped bike here
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 lower Allt Glas mor
|  pently of snow
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 Fairy Glen
|  end of the snow - Fairy Glen
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:: Tour Route(s) or Location Skied/Ridden
Started from Keiloch (Invercauld) cycled ~7.5km up glean an t-slugain. left bike at start of the "Fairy Glen" in upper Slugain.
walked and skiied a bit, then continous snow from the ruined lodge in "fairy glen" - fast travelling on skinny telemark kit. Skiied snow fields along line of walkers path to Clach a' Cleirich and started climbing traverse above Glas Allt Mor and onto Ben Avon summit. returned same route. 32km day, 5hrs30 travel time a wee bit faster than the 10-12hrs suggested in Scottish ski mountaineering book, but bike and fast tele kit helped : )
Glas Allt Mor valley between Clach a Cleirich and "the sneck" was a real gem to ski, a fantastic remote snow-filled valley.
enjoyed testing the new RS sektor shocks on the way home.
:: Weather Conditions
sunny spells, freezing level above tops. cloud level around 1000m. gusty NW wind at times higher up, but fine lower down.
:: Snow Conditions and Distrubtion
lush spring snow. snowline skiiable from 550-600m.
:: Skiers/Riders
telemarker and kona DAWG
This report was posted by telemarker at 09.59hrs on Mon 4th Mar 13
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