Up the Cas side to Ciste Mhearad

Warm and dry with a light breeze and the occasional sunny spell walking up to the Ptarmiagan where we stopped for lunch, then thunder, lightning and heavy rain as we approached Ciste Mhearad, so we called it a day and headed back,

Bad timing today meant our plan to investigate and measure both Ciste Mhearad and the patch below the tor didn't go as planned. You feel quite vulnerable with skis and poles on an exposed mountain in a thunderstorm !
However Ciste Mhearad is more extensive than
it was at this time last year and the snow was hard and granular and excellent to ski. As the rain came down steam like mist formed above the surface. Just a shame we only managed two runs before we beat a retreat back to the safety of the top station.

Helen and Alan

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