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 A Sunday walk on our local hill above Kincraig.

Up from the Wildlife Park entrance past a farm bothy.

A Suidhe come into view from the farm track at this time of the year used for getting feed out to animals.




In the middle distance the hills above Glenmore....Craiggowrie, Creagan Gorm and Meall a'Bhuachaille.



Yummicking through the snow on the lower slopes,

Outlook to Loch Insh, partially frozen over, and to the Sgorans that are obscured by the clouds.

Summit cairn.

         The summit area....An Suidhe seems to translate as The Seat. Image taken on the 1st of January.


On descent passing the animal scratchings for food in a tough environment.

Into February when the snow build up was deeper.

Skiing down became possible.



The Sgorans, the westerly Cairngorms, an image taken on the 8th, of January. 



A few images from the a week ago taken on the edge of the Cairngorm Plateau.
A couple of the Northern Coires with the crags of both Sgoran Dubh Mor and Sgor Gaoith showing.

In this image Braeriach, Sgor an Lochan Uaine and Cairn Toul in the middle distance.

Looking South from Cairngorm.

The rimed up Instruments, close to the actual summit of Cairngorm, and hut for the collection of weather data.




















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