Ski Sunday; 5th December
Whiter than ever, I had to see if Skye had reached the point of off-piste skiing. It hadn’t but I had fun trying and avoided breaking a leg. The Druim Eadar da Choire starts from the Robber’s Fall at the head of Loch Ainort just 2 minutes drive up the road from home. An hour of walking leads to one of the most stunning viewpoints on the island at point 489 (must have a local name which I will try to find out).
Pt 489 is the rounded top left of centre; Marsco to the right
Wet bogs were frozen over still despite the thaw and then a fresh set of prints broke trail through the crusty deep snow above. The vista back past the Red Cuillin to Raasay was superb.
I could see the dark clouds gathering and knew it was a race for the view; I lost and the blizzard enveloped me filling the tracks instantly. Once back below the tiny rocky section it was time to clip on the boards; surely the crust would hold my weight and let me side-slip gracefully home?
2 minutes later I’d made every fall in the clowns manual. It was time to grow up and go home.
