Just before the storm hit in Coire an t-Sneachda

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Friday 04th January 2008 - Storm in the Cairngorms; Report by: Jonathan Yates.

"With snow and cold temperatures forecast we headed to the Cairngorms on Friday. The weather forecast was for strong winds gusting up to 60mph so we decided to go in to Coire an t-Sneachda due to its close proximity. It was snowing quite heavily with strong winds making the walk-in quite challenging with deep drifts in places and strong gusts swirling around. As we approached the coire conditions worsened and the gusts became stronger and more frequent."

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5 Jan, 2008
Ten four this this, i was there on Wednesday, and it was pretty bad. First time i've ever experienced a real bad winter epic. I couldn't see my arm when it was fully extended. This was in Coire An Lochain, near Astroturfer. In the end we made a break for it, it was horrific. Take care out there.
5 Jan, 2008
I had the same problem, we had someone who has done 2 leads on the grit with us and never done winter climbing, nor was he particularly confident. My friend however was up for taking him up some VI 6. What a tart, just as well we backed off!
5 Jan, 2008
wednesday wasn't even that bad! It was just semi-bad in the corries. I was taking a friend up her 1st winter route, it was good being out on the plateau afterwards, the spindrift was stinging.
5 Jan, 2008
Your balls must be MASSSIVE.haha! good on you for getting something done, personally i wasn't digging it!
5 Jan, 2008
yesterday was well rough though, I went sledging instead
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