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Northern Cairngorms, Scotland

The northern corries of the Cairngorm mountains provide an easily accessible location for winter routes which can often be found in condition. The pictures included below are taken from several year's worth of visits.

Coire an t-Sneachda at dawn 22.01.2000.	Poor weather at the foot of the Trident Buttress, Coire an t-Sneachda 22.01.2000.	Second pitch of Red Gully (II/III), Coire an t-Sneachda 23.01.2000.
Walking in to Coire an t-Sneachda in more poor weather 23.01.2000.	Climbing the first pitch of The Message (IV,6), Coire an t-Sneachda 12.02.2000.	Climbing the second pitch of The Message (IV,6), Coire an t-Sneachda 12.02.2000.
Climbing the third pitch of The Message (IV,6), Coire an t-Sneachda 12.02.2000.	Climbers queuing at the foot of Goat Track and Red Gullies, Coire an t-Sneachda 13.02.2000.	Climber at the crux of Goat Track Gully (II), Coire an t-Sneachda 13.02.2000.
Beginning of the second pitch on Western Rib (II/III), Coire an t-Sneachda 13.02.2000.	Belay at top of second pitch on Western Rib (II/III), Coire an t-Sneachda 13.02.2000.	The third pitch of Western Rib (II/III), Coire an t-Sneachda 13.02.2000.
The third pitch of Western Rib (II/III), Coire an t-Sneachda 13.02.2000.	Climbers in Aladdin's Couloir (I), Coire an t-Sneachda 22.01.2000.	Climbers on Broken Gully (III) and Fingers Ridge (IV,4), Coire an t-Sneachda 22.01.2000.
The first pitch of Broken Gully (III), Coire an t-Sneachda 15.02.2002.	Finishing the first pitch of the Haston Line (III,4), Coire an t-Sneachda 16.02.2002.	Coire an Lochain 17.02.2002.
The Vent (II-IV), Coire an Lochain 17.02.2002.	Leading the final pitch of Doctors Choice (IV,4), Coire an t-Sneachda 24.01.2000.	The crux of Broken Gully (III), Coire an t-Sneachda 09.03.2002.