{"id":1345,"date":"2020-01-03T17:46:50","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T17:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prwilliams-photography.co.uk\/?p=1345"},"modified":"2020-01-16T19:32:59","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T19:32:59","slug":"cairngorm-on-a-day-of-high-winds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prwilliams-photography.co.uk\/?p=1345","title":{"rendered":"Cairngorm on a day of high winds."},"content":{"rendered":"

Strong winds reduce the chance to continue on beyond Cairngorm but a good day out nevertheless\u00a0 (Munros Completed : Cairngorm (79))<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Cairngorm is one of the higher Munros but in effect one of the easiest because of the start from the Ski Centre. The weather was dry, high cloud but colder than it has been. The track is very easy at the start as it just follows the caterpillar track for the snow plough which goes all the way to the Ptarmigan Restaurant at the highest point of the Ski area. However, about half way up there is a path that strikes off to the right. Somehow I missed this path (don\u2019t know how I missed it as it\u2019s fairly obvious), but a few hundred metres further on the main track I realised my mistaken and headed off on the direction required and within 5 mins had found the track. It\u2019s a well defined path of stones almost built like a staircase so the going is really easy.<\/p>\n

Because of the lack of snow around, the ski centre was closed for skiing so there was very few people around. The forecast was spot on, visibility was superb and you could see for miles though brief small fronts were coming in producing minor snow showers where visibility reduced. However, the wind became increasingly strong (at the 40-60mph forecasted), the higher I reached making walking difficult at times.<\/p>\n\n