A return to winter

The Grey Corries

Before I could go climbing for myself, I was out working with Grahame who has some gift vouchers to redeem. Great present idea from his brother! We had planned for 3 days but unfortunately the weather didn't play ball so we just had two. Great fun as always.

Cruach Inness

Day one we did a couple of corbett's Grahame hadn't done, Cruach Innse and Sgurr Innse, after an aborted effort to get to the Forcan Ridge, due to road closure. The Grey Corries are great hills on the doorstep and it was great to get a view of them from a new angle.

It was even freezing at 857m

Happy as Larry in crampons

Our final day it looked like winter was arriving by midday. So armed with full mountaineering equipment, we headed into the Cairngorms for a link up of scrambling and winter mountaineering. Grahame hasn't done much in the way of winter mountaineering so it was a nice gentle introduction up the Fiacaill Ridge