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 Fiona's alternative descent method.
|  Traversing the cornice
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 Descent of West Kip
|  Fiona on West kip, note emergency sledge!
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 Ascending West Kip
|  Good coverage on Monks Rig
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 Ascending Monks Rig
|  Panorama of the Pentlands. West Kip is the prominent hill in the middle
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:: Tour Route(s) or Location Skied/Ridden
Parked at Nine mile burn just off the A702 and skinned up Monks Rig. Decided to carry on to West Kip. Skins on all the way to the summit where the snow was several feet deep.
Fast descent back down West Kip before donning skins again to get back onto Monks Rig. Contoured round using the cornice and then some combat skiing/boarding to get off the hill.
A bit of walking/pushing/sliding saw us back at the car with skis and board intact.
:: Weather Conditions
Overcast but little wind. Probably hovering around freezing.
:: Snow Conditions and Distrubtion
Around 6" at the bottom to several feet at the top. Quite sticky in places and light in others.
:: Skiers/Riders
Mike & Fiona
This report was posted by Mike_w at 20.10hrs on Sun 8th Feb 09
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