Two nights in the Cairngorms
Just finished with a snowy, Easter 3 day, 2 night trip to the Cairngorms.
Day 1 walking up to Ben Macdui, spent the majority of the day in pretty thick clag, but the sun came out for the 20 mins we were at the top and gave us a great little view. We planned to camp down on the plateau but it got a little bit hairy (high winds and white out) and we were forced off the mountain and ended up making camp in a valley (pic 1 on Saturday morning). We then made the steep hike back up to Cairngorm and walked through the ski slopes to the car park. Very thankful to have an exit strategy for this one as it was pretty grim.
Day 2 was a different tone from the night before. Short walk from the car to a lovely clearing by the river. Set up a tarp and enjoyed the sun and snow. Seems like the 4 seasons in one day saying is more than true.