Established in 1992 Talisman Mountaineering | Cairngorm Guides | Aviemore specialise in winter skills, climbing and guiding in the Cairngorms. This is a day to day OR monthly diary of what we get up to on our courses and the winter conditions in the Scottish mountains...!
Tuesday 23 December 2008
Dry black buttresses and hard icy snow
The gully lines, headwalls and plateau are still snowy however the buttresses are now bare. Good winter sport can still be had in the easier icy gully lines. Many buttress routes still have a snowy icy approach but then can be climbed in boots without crampons on dry rock (at the summer grade...!) See http://saisncairngorms.blogspot.com/2008/12/hard-and-icy-snow.html and http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?t=334163
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