Today was the last day of the Plymouth College winter skills trip. Due to the heavy rain and the tired legs of all the students Gwilym decided to take them on a gentle valley walk to Steall Falls and the three line bridge over the River Nevis.
As Mark and I were not needed today we took the opportunity to bag a hill day which will go towards our Winter Mountain Leader Awards.
We parked at the foot of the Lairig Eilde and made our way up to the major saddle on Buchaille Etive Beag. From here we hung a left on to the summits of Stob Coire Raineach and Stob nan Cabar. We then headed back to the saddle and onto the snowfields off of spot height 902 where we spent some time digging avalanche test pits and practiced cutting steps. A relatively short day but very productive.
4 am start tomorrow for the long drive back to Plymouth in the College Landrover, I think a stop for breakfast in Tebay services in on the cards!
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