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| myles | hike to top  Date Climbed: May 25, 2009 | |
| Approach to Savage Slit above Coire an Lochan looked to dicey without axe and crampons, so we did a circuit of the northern corries on the way to the summit. Not much visibility on the plateau. | |
| Posted Jun 9, 2009 12:28 pm | ||
| Cody | A day in the hills Date Climbed: May 5, 2008 | |
| One of the best days I've ever had in Scotland. Went from Cairn Lochan then up to Cairn Gorm and then down next to that ugly train thing... | |
| Posted Jul 9, 2008 2:20 pm | ||
| mountainmanmark | A couple of times | |
| The last time I ventured here it was with John Sickel to do Ben Macdui via a snow climb in the Northern corrie, then a trek across the tops in near zero visibility. After a successfully bit of navigation, and some fun. We took off to Cairn Gorm and found it clearing for some great views. Both of the valley down to Avimore, and back across the mountains. A grand day out! | |
| Posted Jan 27, 2008 5:43 pm | ||
| Katekat | Unforgettable Date Climbed: May 9, 2007 | |
| With a friends my first group hike. Will never forget their ways how to make the route shorter. Lovely walk with a touch of snow.Beautiful! | |
| Posted Dec 19, 2007 7:53 am | ||
| Nanuls | Been on and around it a few times | |
| Climbed it in Winter from Coire an t-Sneachda after spending a couple of days wondering over it on a winter skills course. | |
| Posted Apr 26, 2007 9:08 am | ||
| rockmonkey1 | ideal Date Climbed: Feb 28, 2007 | |
| ideal great conditions good afternoon climb made really fun by winter conditions | |
| Posted Mar 4, 2007 10:14 am | ||
| tphubbard | About 6 or 7 times | |
| over the years, mostly in rubbish weather on the way back from northern corries. Skied from the summit a couple of times. | |
| Posted Jan 29, 2007 5:48 pm | ||
| KNEEP | On to Ben Macdui Date Climbed: Nov 5, 2006 | |
| Arrived late on saturday and managed to reach the summit of Cairngorm just before dark. Slept in my car and left early the next day to retrace my steps and continue to Ben Macdui. Sadly the clouds reached its summit some 15 minutes before I did. Got blown over a couple of times, and it was quite cold, but I was alone on the plateau the whole time! Nice day out. Jeroen | |
| Posted Nov 21, 2006 1:47 pm | ||
| mountainmanjohn | 2nd go at it Date Climbed: May 16, 2006 | |
| Mark Rapley and I went up to Ben Macdui via a snow climb in the Northern corrie, then a treck accross the tops in near zero visibility. After a sucsessfull bit of navigation, and some fun. We took off to Cairn Gorm and found it clearing for some great views. Both of the valley down to Avimore, and back accross the mountains. A grand day out! | |
| Posted May 18, 2006 10:52 am | ||
| fdoctor | Route Climbed: Fiacaill Ridge Date Climbed: January 2001 | |
| A long winter climb in full gear with Eric Pirie and Pete Richardson. Beautiful day but very, very cold. Lost a glove! Climbed it a year late with Pete and Andy Green in a full blizzard and gales of 85mph. An absolute epic with a backward flip off one pinnacle at one point when both axes came out of cracks at the same time! | |
| Posted Dec 1, 2005 9:27 am | ||
| Cautious | Route Climbed: Normal Date Climbed: March 2000 | |
| A typical Scottish day. No views | |
| Posted Sep 16, 2005 4:55 am | ||
| Joerg Marretsch | Route Climbed: "Normal Route" from parking lot ski area Date Climbed: 02 July 2005 | |
| A windy day. A short 80 minute hike to the summit plateau. Wonderful views to the arctic-like cairngorm mounbtains. Quick descend over windy ridge to parking lot. Unfortunately, one of the most commercialized munros in scotland. | |
| Posted Jul 6, 2005 10:41 am | ||
| mountainmanjohn | Route Climbed: Via Northern corrie (forgotten which one!) Date Climbed: 1998 | |
| We made our way up to Cairn Gorm via a gully in one of the Northern corries and had great winter weather, high winds, and a touch of snow. John | |
| Posted Jan 11, 2005 11:53 am | ||
| Enzedder | Route Climbed: Hiked from Skifield carpark Date Climbed: May 2004 | |
| And on to Ben MacDui. In wind and rain and low visibility. Oh the joys of Scottish mountains. | |
| Posted Oct 6, 2004 10:18 am | ||
| imunro | Route Climbed: Several winter and summer routes (favourite is Fiacaill Rigde in winter) Date Climbed: Several! | |
| This was where my Dad took me on my first ever winter climb(Fiacaill Ridge) We didn't complete it because of the white out and very strong winds but now I'm hooked and have returned to the northern coires several times. Easily the best place to learn the skills in Britain but expect crowds! | |
| Posted May 20, 2004 5:20 pm | ||
| Dan Bailey | Route Climbed: many winter climbs in n. corries Date Climbed: many | |
| The default choice for winter routes...just wish it was less busy | |
| Posted Feb 11, 2004 5:51 am | ||
| Probemeister | Route Climbed: In 1997, the Ficaill Ridge, in 2003 Goat Track Gully and Alladin's Couloir Date Climbed: Feb 1997, March 2003 | |
| Went to the summit a couple of times after climbing in the northern corries, good views in 2003, 1997 was a complete whiteout, and I got blown over several times on the plateau | ||
| Posted Nov 12, 2003 8:35 am | ||
| Andy Kennedy | Route Climbed: Ascended the western flank from the plateau Date Climbed: March 2002 | |
| After spending a day with a guide and my university group we decided to head up to the plateau from corrie cas and from there on up to the summit of Cairn Gorm. Not a spectacular mountain to look at or climb, but it was my first munro and the views over to the other cairngorm giants were breathtaking. | |
| Posted Apr 22, 2003 2:11 pm | ||
| lutjebroek | Route Climbed: MacDui Date Climbed: 7 Juli 1998 | |
| Nice mountain, nice route! | |
| Posted Apr 13, 2003 9:49 am | ||
| Phil McLean | Route Climbed: Fiacaill ridge, Ben MacDui Date Climbed: 17th August 1996 | |
| From the ski car park, along the path SW, then up the Fiacaill ridge. Enjoyable scrambling, all difficulties avoidable. Easy walk south across the plateau to Ben MacDui. Returned across ther plateau, keeping lower to get a view of Loch Avon, then up easy slopes of Cairn Gorm. Descended north via ski developments. Good to have walked to the summit at last - my first time at the top was as a small child having used the old chairlift to within 150m of the summit! | |
| Posted Apr 8, 2003 3:36 pm | ||
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