After an epic drive from Cardiff to Aviemore in a marathon seventeen hours; Joe, Mark, Mickey and Sam got a couple of hours sleep before I was waking them up to head up the hill. There had been about three inches of overnight snow and the weather had got colder again, so it was a much whiter drive up to the ski field today. We waited for the road to open for about half an hour before heading up. The weather was pretty foggy, especially higher up, and with some light snow flurrries. With only the lower tows running we were limited to terrain but still had an awesome day shredding with patches of powder to slash. We left around 3pm and headed back to Aviemore to collect Sarah. After a brilliant dinner and a good bit of catching up that night we headed back up. The weather was much better on Saturday with pockets of sun and much better visibility, more snowfall and almost the whole ski area open. In the morning, without the Funicular running, we spent a lot of time queuing, arguing with grumpy skiers or staff and trying to skip queues, once the train was open though we got loads of riding done; some great rides down the M2 and sweet powder turns on either side, fun runs down Coire Cas in all directions and finishing the day on a fantastic note we followed ski patrol down the West Wall as they opened it and got fresh tracks in some great snow right down to the Ciste car park! A brilliant week in the Cairngorm; no need to be abroad at the moment with all this fantastic ice and snow around!
A very quick video to have a play with some of the footage I collected is below;
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