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 Route: Green=bike, red=walk, purple=ski
|  grinning after Descent into Coire nan Clach
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 Descent line into Coire nan Clach
|  pausing to choose route into Coire nan Clach
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 putting turns in on descent into Coire nan Clach
|  first turn on descent into Coire nan Clach, after finding a gap in cornices
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 Coire nan clach
|  small couloir in Coire nan Clach
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 descent line in gap in cornice on Coire nan Clach coire rim
|  Steve heading to North Top
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 Steve telemarking into Garbh Choire
|  Steve putting in tele turns down Garbh Choire
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 Cliffs in Garbh Choire
|  cold newt, we moved onto a sunny rock
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 looking into Garbh Choire
|  looking into Coire nan Clach and our later descent route
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:: Tour Route(s) or Location Skied/Ridden
Beinn a Bhuird.
Start/finish at Keiloch (Invercauld Bridge).
Start 10am, finish 6.30pm.
Route map shown on attached photo.
total 24km.
11.5km on bike each way (23km total): Keiloch-Gleann an t-Slugain- to GR317798.
Walked 1.2km each way (2.5km total)
8.5km round trip on skis.
Skinned up Allt Dearg then up onto plateau approx. 1km West of North Top.
Then headed NNW to head of Garbh Choire. Descended 300m into Garbh Choire down to approx. 800m. Skinned back up.
Back on plateau skinned along to North Top of Beinn a Bhuird, looking for safe entry into Coire na clach - monster cornices most of way round the Coire rim.
Eventually chose to enter Coire na clach at GR309800 where there was a gap in the cornices.
Descended into Coire na clach, then skied back down Allt Dearg.
:: Weather Conditions
Light rain in carpark, but weather cleared as we cycled in, with blue skies and sunshine and haze later on. Light winds, although higher at times on the plateau. Very warm.
:: Snow Conditions and Distrubtion
spring snow lower down, sticky snow higher up, but great to ski - when descending steeply, slower on shallower gradients. freezing level above summits.
upper layer of snow sloughing of older snow,
:: Skiers/Riders
telemarker and Steve
This report was posted by telemarker at 17.19hrs on Sun 25th Apr 10
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