Super psyched for ski touring, and unable to wait until the weekend, Keith and I decided to go up Benvane yesterday morning before he started work at 2pm. This meant leaving Edinburgh pretty early (6.30am) to get up to Balquhidder for sunrise.
I have recently developed an irrational fear of narrow snowy/icy roads so the drive along to where we opted to park at Ballimore was interesting to say the least. It requires snow chains in its current condition for anyone intending on heading up there.
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| car park nice and white looking :) |
We were able to tour straight from the car park to the plateau without any real problems. The snow was lacking in a few places and there were a few rocks etc needing avoided. Conditions could have been better but could have been worse - it was definitely worth getting up early for. A wee thaw/freeze and bit more snowfall would make it pretty awesome.
Anyway enough of my chat, its time for pictures!
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| Keith skinning up and enjoying the views. |
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| not long after sunrise :) |
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| awesomeness! |
Time to descend....
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| My amateur skiing skills on show. |
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| Keith heading for the car |
We are now getting ready to head out into the mountains for a 3 day weekend. Psyched! Checking out Beinn Udlaidh tomorrow, so fingers crossed for good conditions, and it will hopefully be fairly sheltered from the strong southerly winds as well. Hopefully get some more ski touring in too.
Janey
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