After driving through some pretty epic snow conditions in Fife and up the A9, to around Pitlochry, I finally arrived in Aviemore to collect Andy and head up the hill. With so much snow around we decided to ski into the coire; I was using a super old school set of Nordic ski's which in my ignorance were really quite good! Much better than wading through thigh deep snow and walking out anyway! It still took us an hour and forty five minutes to get to the Rescue Box in t'Sneachda due to a combination of: a slight diversion for ski touring, general incompetence on skis, and the deep snow. Due to the heavy powder drifting around everywhere we decided to head up the iced corner line of Doctor's Choice following another party. However it was 3pm by the time we had got to the snow bay in the middle of the second pitch and as the party infront abbed off, we decided to do the same. The route looked awesome and I can't wait to finish the rest of it. Skiing was also brilliant and I am now trying to locate some touring kit!
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