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CairnGorm Mountain // Saturday 12th May 2012
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Looking over from the Cas tow to the traverse.

The Ptarmigan ridge.

As I suspected nobody had ventured into the Aonach so I took that route down for lunch. Upper Aonach was great but a sticky pole down the Daylodge followed

M2 late afternoon. Good skiing

Looking over the unskied Aonach

Boarder triggered avalanche on the headwall in the morning. The tracks to the right were made by two more as I stopped to get out the camera !

East Lady . Tracked out quite early

 
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Report
:: Snow Cover
Most Terrain has Good Cover.
:: Surface Conditions (out of 5)
3
:: Weather Conditions
Blue sky, light wind
:: Snow Conditions & Info
Wide cover and those first up enjoyed freshies in good quality snow. Even from the car park I could see the powder trails coming up behind those skiing the East Lady.
By the time I was on the slopes the snow had turned a bit heavy and by the end of the day it was best to ski where there was heavy traffic as it was less sticky. Snow quality probably went from 4 to 2 as the day progressed

You could virtually ski anywhere but some chose to ignore warnings and as a result two boarders were lucky to not be hurt in the avalanche they triggered.

Amazing conditions for May
:: Riders
Helen
This report was posted by h11lly at 18.44hrs on Sat 12th May 12


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