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Perthshire // Sunday 2nd February 2014
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A A9 at Drumochter

B Lower slopes are only steep section

C Brief blue sky

D Helpful boundary posts.

H Boar of Badenoch with A Mharconaich behind

E Gear sort

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G

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:: Tour Route(s) or Location Skied/Ridden
A Bhuidheanach Bheag from Drumochter. The forecast was for more 60 to 80mph winds with freezing level rising to 600 or 700m and Cat 4 avalanche risk on NE to NW slopes. The first success was having easy access from the A9 without problems with the powerline installation. Others had found the Carn na Caim track inaccessible due to the works compound. The second success was the regional boundary markers were visible most of the way to around 900m. Pretty much everything is obscured by snow above 900m including the trig point. Examination of the GPS track afterwards showed we had done a line search over the top of the trig point without seeing it. A squall meant there was no visibility for a few hundred meters of the return across the plateau. We did enjoy the ski descent with complete cover to 650m and skiing to the road in wet snow at the bottom.
:: Weather Conditions
Nevis Range and Cairngorm were stormbound.
:: Snow Conditions and Distrubtion
As noted above
:: Skiers/Riders
Eagle Ski Club Party
This report was posted by Xscream179 at 21.57hrs on Sun 2nd Feb 14


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