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touring & backcountry
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 Looking over to stormbound Cairngorm
|  Upper section looking good
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 At this level it was quite calm
|  Skins on here . Skis were covered by wind blown snow in the short while I stopped to get the skins out and put on my Paramo
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 Looking out to the leeward side of the summit cairn.
|  Loch Morlich
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 This was the windward side of the cairn. Even in the shelter of the cairn standing up was difficult !
|  Wind packed and windblown powder above this level
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 Heather tufts to ski through lower down
|  Beautiful wave like shapes in the snow below the summit
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 Skis back on the rucksack here
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:: Tour Route(s) or Location Skied/Ridden
Meall a Bhuachaille from Glenmore. Walked up the path till it became completely covered then skinned to the summit .
:: Weather Conditions
Sunny, quite calm lower down but at the summit the wind was fierce.
:: Snow Conditions and Distrubtion
Good skiing on wind packed powder and drifting powder on the upper part. Lower down it was on top of heather tufts but quite fast and not sinky
:: Skiers/Riders
Helen
This report was posted by h11lly at 21.02hrs on Thu 21st Mar 13
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