eric.hart: Bridge below the Sugar Bowl car park over the burns coming out of the central Cairngorm massif - Coire Cas; Coire an Sneachda and Coire an Lochain
eric.hart: The burn formed from those coming out of the central Cairngorm massif - Coire Cas; Coire an Sneachda and Coire an Lochain. Heading for Loch Morlich
eric.hart: The burn formed from those coming out of the central Cairngorm massif - Coire Cas; Coire an Sneachda and Coire an Lochain.
eric.hart: Looking back at the Craiggowrie / Creagan Gorm and Meall a Bhuachaille ridge and the Ryvoan Pass - looking roughly to Auchendean
eric.hart: A recent snow dusting, blue skies and sunshine make the hills show well - cirngorm, the Northern Corries and Creag an Leth-choin, the hill leading up to Lurchers Crag
eric.hart: The Northern Corries behind Ian and Ruaridh
eric.hart: 2016-04-20 11.16.23
eric.hart: Allt Creag an Leth-choin burn under the hill of the same name. We are heading to the Chalamain Gap, the notch behind Ian's head
eric.hart: Our return route is along the shoulder behind Ian and rejoins the track seen in the middle distance which we have just walked along to get here
eric.hart: Lochan Dubh a Chadha starts to appear
eric.hart: Chalamain Gap, the glacial overspill channel we are heading for is now very clear
eric.hart: Snow gets trapped here of course. 2 years ago we had to turn back as the Gap was so full of it.
eric.hart: 2016-04-20 11.58.49
eric.hart: Here we go..... Ruaridh looks back from re-assurance
eric.hart: Boulders have been formed at the start into an elevated path
eric.hart: .... but it soon becomes a jumble as nature left it
eric.hart: Ruaridh was a little unsure of all this
eric.hart: A wonderful mad jumble
eric.hart: These two French guys were heading down and made a big fuss of Ruaridh
eric.hart: What can I say - 2 years of training not to jump upencouraged out of him
eric.hart: What. Me? jump?
eric.hart: Getting towards the top
eric.hart: Towering cliffs washed smooth by the water 10,000+ years ago
eric.hart: The end!
eric.hart: Looking back where we had come from
eric.hart: Seeing over the top of the pass to Braeriach
eric.hart: Out onto the plateau
eric.hart: Walking across towards the Lairig Ghru
eric.hart: The path to the Lairig Ghru & one of the ways to Braeriach
eric.hart: 2016-04-20 12.30.04