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Carn an Tuirc - Y Gully - March 2011
Long day for one gully but great fun

 Some heavy lifting needed to reach the snowline! Auchallater carpark.  Linking the snowfields on Carn an Tuirc  Hitting the continuous snow  Skinning up  Skinning up Carn an Tuirc  White hare. There were loads of them.  West glenshee hills  Showing the snow filled landrover track used for initial ascent  Skinning up Carn an Tuirc  Skinning up Carn an Tuirc  Skinning up Carn an Tuirc  Garbh Coire  Glas Maol  Snow free summit of Carn an Tuirc. Short walk and ski needed here.  Descending Carn an Tuirc on the splitboard  Skinning up Cairn of Claise  Carn an Tuirc  Skinning up Cairn of Claise  Skinning up Cairn of Claise. Y gully is in the coire directly behind me  Skinning up Cairn of Claise. Only mist for the whole day  Y Gully right branch (descent route)  Y Gully left branch  Fiona dropping in  Fiona dropping in  Reaching the safety of the easier angle  Fiona    Fiona putting the turns in  Fiona putting the turns in  Y gully  Some of the icefalls alongside the gully  Mike now in snowboard mode  Gully opens out and you can put some big turns in.   Y gully from Loch Kander  Avalanche debris in Coire Kander  Y gully  Loch Kander  Coire Kander  Hoofing it out  Coire Kander  Tolmount  Hoofing it out along Glen Callater  Loch Callater  Loch Callater  Loch Callater  5km roll down the hill begins!  Proof that you can bike in ski boots!