Finally made it up to the Clash, I’ve been stuck at home looking longingly at the snow in the back garden for the last week.

The road up from Rhynie was snowy but easily passable in a front wheel drive car equipped with snow tyres. Care shold be excercised on the sharp bends because the road is narrower than usual. About half of the car park has been ploughed out by the council, but I found a place easily at 1pm.

The temperature in the car park was -6 Centrigrade with blue skies and very little wind.

I skied up the main drag up to the turn off up short cut, turned left at the top and down Leid’s Leap, then up Deer Track down Biatlon start and along Rollercoaster.  Then up then up the main drag to Highland Fling and then back down again.

Throughout the conditions were near perfect. Peter Thorn’s pisteing work had prepared most of the tracks (with classic loipe) I went down with the exception of Rollercoaster. There was plenty of snow on all routes it was in such good condition that it flattered your skiing skill.

Thanks to Colin Miller for cutting the fallen trees on Rollercoaster and elsewhere.