So racing up to Cairngorm at an unsociable hour, we get our skis out of the van and pear up to a very white looking mountain.  This is very unusual for Scotland, there would usually be some brown patches at least.  But today it is all white.  excited we head off up the hill. 

After a while we get to the top of Cairngorm, the wind is bitter cold and the temperature is around -15 with the wind chill – below is Lara with added ice

From the top we went West down on to the Cairngorm plateau and down Raibert’s Gully.  The snow was great but in true fashion for this area, we could not see a thing!

Once at the bottom, off with the skins and out with the map and compass, it was time to get off the plateau as it was just soooooo cold.  It was an easy decision to make to quite our longer ski plans and make an escape down The ridge into Corrie an Cas, we just had to find it!  So with the use of the map and compass we slowly made our way off.

200m lower than the plateau it clears and we can see where we are and what we are doing.  we enjoyed a ski back down in to the ski area and back to the van.  A great first ski and decided that we are really looking forward to the season ahead with all this snow here!