Haute Route, Return via Shortcut

Windy, Cloudy, some light rain. Temp rising as we left at about 2.30pm although wind chill kept the ambient temp below freezing.

Good base in most areas. Fresh snow over Sat/Sunday has filled in some of the patchy areas although thay are still thin with rocks/gravel visible in these sections. 95% of the trail was skiable though.

Callum & Fiona

reidcall11 at f2s dot com

Three laps of the Haute Route first anticlockwise via Highland Fling, 2nd Clockwise via Timberline, SnowGoose, Highland Fling and Rollercoaster third anticlockwise via Herringbone Hill

Snow showers, -1C in the carpark

About 1inch of fresh over a hard and icy base

Me and HNSC on my third circuit

d dot horsley at abdn dot ac dot uk

Car park to Carpark double circuit. Haute Route anticlockwise via Normans way and Herringbone Hill, then reversed it and went clockwise but came back via Highland Fling

Started off sunny ended in drizzle, with mizzle in between. +4C first thing, +6C when I left

Hard fast and icy first thing - great conditions, just soft enough to get a track ski edge in which made thew downhill fun, but controlable. Softened and slowed by late afternoon, but still good. All main trails still complete but some thin sections.

Me

d dot horsley at abdn dot ac dot uk

Houte Route via Herringbone hill, back via Short Cut. Went up and down Herringbone Hill a few times as the slow conditions nad the pisting made the downhill on track skis doable

Damp - sleet at carpark level, snowing on the higher trails, temp 1.5C at the car park

Slow, sticky and soft, but nicely pisted with two sets of tracks cut on main trails via Highland Fling and Herringbone hill and Norman's Way just packed with the Skidoo (thanks Pete). Trails complete, but entrance getting thin.

Dave, Rory and Phil

d dot horsley at abdn dot ac dot uk

Haute Route via Highland Fling

Cold (+2C at carpark) with showers of sleet at carpark, snow on the higher trails

Hard and icy on the lower trails which softened, upper trails had a thinlayer of new snow

Dave H., Phil and Rory

d dot horsley at abdn dot ac dot uk