The Summer Solstice is fast approaching once again, so it’s time to dust down the planks (they shouldn’t have gathered to much dust with the last day of lift served sliding being 5th May this year) for the mid-summer snow pilgrimage.

Since the 21st of June is a Saturday, the plan is Saturday on CairnGorm Mountain. We’re keeping an eye on Meall a’ Bhuiridh but the Main Basin has sadly had a bit of a shift with a return to less settled and wetter conditions. Final details and day will depend on the weather, if the Sunday is looking better then we may Switch, keep an eye on this blog and the Forum.

The intention at this stage is to meet in the Daylodge Bar on CairnGorm Mountain between 10 and 10.30am.

However the actual Summer Solstice is at 23.59hrs BST on Friday 20th.  If the weather is good a mid night slide and a camp or snow hole night may be in order, if interested drop a comment below or in the forum thread.

At least 200ft of vertical is still possible on the SE snow patches so enough to get a very respectable run in and build a good kicker.

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