Not so much a tour as a pre-season shakedown - remember which way round the skis go and all that.
From ski carpark pretty much up the line of the funicular and then on up to the top of Cairngorm following the post way marks. There is a good reason I've not done it that way before and will not be following them again - I knew it in the back of my head but it truely is a boulder field! Down via Marquis Well. This slight bowl had much better snow cover and a nice ski off. On down through the mellee of pisties who had now arrived for Boxing Day fun.

Great day and got better, clear top and some sun!

SW half of the mountain scoured, some of the huge amount of snow that must have fallen was to be found where it was relatively sheltered to the NE. Generlly a hard base with areas of soft where deposited.
Drove South on Sat 28th and Drumochter hills looked by far the best with good cover to near road level.

Ruchillrover with Cameron