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...!
Why not give someone you know a Christmas activity gift voucher? This video was filmed on the 12th December 2019 so there is ICE and SNOW in the Cairngorm's! Winter skills, snow-holing, guided winter climbing, ice climbing taster days and much much more can all be arranged from £120 per day, each for two people. For the ice climbing you'll need to have done previous winter skills and be hill fit!
If you too fancy a few days of bespoke and unique early, mid or even late late season off-piste skiing, snowshoeing, winter mountaineering or winter climbing adventures that are well away from the queues and crowds, booking details can be found on our website at https://www.talisman-activities.co.uk/winter-skills-courses under private guiding.
A lot of snow forecast for this weekend and with already a good buildup in the gullies for winter climbing and plenty of good neve for winter skills. Conditions over Christmas (Xmas) and into the New Year are looking especially good. You can book your festive guiding and winter skills courses here :-)
Cairngorm's Northern Corries - A few pics from today and although they give a good idea of the refrozen snow and ground cover they don't show the strength of the wind which was well over 100 mph on the summit and funnelling down the coires.
Soon to change though with SE gales and a lot of fresh snow soon to fall on the icy hard frozen ground creating interesting conditions, check out the SAIS which started today at https://www.sais.gov.uk/northern-cairngorms/
Glen was interested in some WML navigation coaching and a winter rope work refresher on grade 1 ground. As Talisman takes you further and higher, I suggested we take a trip into Braeriach's Garbh Choirie!
I knew from our recent trips on the Ben MacDui plateau that Braeriach still had full winter cover in the the easier gully lines!!!!
I have to say it was an excellent choice and we had an absolutely fantastic two day expedition on Braeriach with truly alpine conditions.
This gave us a chance to explore some of the totally unique areas that are rarely ever visited due to the effort and their remoteness on our navigation legs and the to climb Great Gully in the wild, remote and truly alpine Garbh Choire Mor.
The rarely visited glaciated hanging coire is the site of the UK's longest lasting semi-permanent snow fields with it's unique rare arctic alpine fauna and flora and can be seen in the HD video below.
The HD YouTube climbing video is now at http://youtu.be/AbXYan_LmmA
Even more photos are on the Talisman Mountaineering Facebook page here including the Capercaillie! Sadly the Capercaillie we've met several times defending it's area on the walk in has been killed by a dog.
