Thought I should do a wee report so folk know there is enough snow on the 'Gorms for touring*. Mine was a short trip up Coire Cas avoiding the pistes to Cairngorm summit, then down the back to enjoy Coire Raibairt before returning over & down Coire Cas.
*sorry to say by Monday 11th the webcam shows most of the snow has been stripped away by the mild winds.

Beautiful and sunny with very light NW-ish winds in morning. Started to cloud over in afternoon.

Amazing for November! .... only had to walk 10 or so minutes from car park before reaching thin snow cover - which was surprisingly firm and good skinning from thaw-freeze. Further up, if you picked where the snow had gathered and avoided the main boulder-fields, there was enough cover for some really good skiing - mix of fresh stuff, light wind-pack, sastrugi and some crusted. Not well consolidated up high so had to watch out for lurking rocks - major gouge in ski sole from head of Coire Cas - and had pick way carefully on lower slopes.