Winter Wonderland 2023

A big dump of the white stuff transforms the place

So, I’m in my happy place looking for Mountain Hares. Unfortunately, their numbers were low this year, but I did find a few and the goats.

Just walking up the hills and seeing the views is amazing and all of this I had to myself, not a sole in sight.

I did have sometime watching the Snow buntings

Glenmore is a great place to visit. I had a hike up one of its walks to An Lochan Uaine, also known as the Green Loch. It’s a small, freshwater loch located in the Cairngorms. This visit it was frozen over. A little further on, Ryvoan bothy is reached, more or less at the head of the pass. The bothy is maintained by volunteers from the Mountain Bothy Association

I was hoping for the snow to last a bit longer lower down, so I could capture the Red Deer at Laggan in it. I left Aviemore for Laggan and it was soon apparent the snow had already melted that way.