Macdui

This Monday I took a walk from the Cairngorm car park out to Macdui by the shortest route via the ridge between Lurcher`s and Cairn Lochan and straight on.

For the time of year the snow coverage was pretty thin-hard,icy neve in places but mostly crampons would have been a hindrance. There have been a few brightish high pressure days with this Monday being the end of them.

Just as predicted on the MWIS site there was indeed cloud around the tops of the southern Cairngorms.

Not much wildlife at all-a solitary snow bunting(looking for crumbs?) at the head of Coire Domhain and this ptarmigan camouflaging itself nicely on a snow patch in Coire Cas.

New Year

Moira and I were fortunate enough to have a week skiing over in Austria.



There was plenty of snow at Finkenberg and on the slopes of the Zillertal. The area is understandably popular and we had a particularly fine day on the glacier above Hintertux.



Some nearby resorts had so much snow that travel became very difficult.