This morning Sue and I met up with Sam Leary an MIC friend of hers. We were heading in to do some winter walks/climbs in the northern corries. It was snowing heavily as we walked it. So we had lots of discussions of the snow, wind, and aspects. Anyway, after the usual walk in we had a look at the slopes and decided on Aladdin's Mirror. Off I plodded, kicking massive steps up the the route. It was a fun route with Sue and Sam following up in my steps.
There was a fun traverse and an interesting step round a boulder then it was bosh, bosh, bosh up to Aladdin's seat. Fantastic. Really really enjoyable!
We then down climbed Aladdin's Couloir.
After returning to the bottom for a bite of lunch. we decided to climb up the Goat Track and nav round the top then down to the Ski centre.
The Goat Track really was a climb. It was banked out and steep in snow. We topped out through a hole in the cornice (which someone else had nicely cut for us).
Again sorry about the lack of photos, I simply forgot.
There was a fun traverse and an interesting step round a boulder then it was bosh, bosh, bosh up to Aladdin's seat. Fantastic. Really really enjoyable!
We then down climbed Aladdin's Couloir.
After returning to the bottom for a bite of lunch. we decided to climb up the Goat Track and nav round the top then down to the Ski centre.
The Goat Track really was a climb. It was banked out and steep in snow. We topped out through a hole in the cornice (which someone else had nicely cut for us).
Again sorry about the lack of photos, I simply forgot.