Cairngorms snow hole and bikepacking adventure

[@deirdreoriordan744]

Wow!! That was impressive! Your survival, snow cave skills!! And beautiful videography

[@Samthemancharles]

This should have thousands of thousands of views!!

[@senbluto1963]

Annie, even if there were no sun in the sky, I think you could light the way. Shine on, you crazy diamond!

[@johnashworthdesignSTEM]

I went on a snowholing trip with my college mountaineering club in 1994. We dug snowholes in the same place as you, just below the summit. I wish I'd had a cool bike like that to descend with. The advice back in the day was just to bury your poo. Excellent to see this place again, thank you.

[@adventuresbybike9213]

fantastic adventure you are an inspiration🌨⛄

[@ontheadventuretrails-scotl9389]

That was really nice to watch. What a morning!

[@lindsayleinster-terraventu3004]

Truly beautiful, inspiring film making. You craft together gutsy and cosy in such a unique and unassuming way. Thank you for going to lengths to produce and share this film - sometimes quite literally as you must have had quite a hike back up the hill to retrieve your camera for some of those shots!

[@annieleoutside6044]

Thanks so much Lindsay, im glad it was worth the effort :) It did end up being a longer hike than i expected a couple times!

[@magdaboucher2015]

Amazing.. what a brilliant adventure…

[@annieleoutside6044]

Thanks! glad you enjoyed it.

[@TubeAddict999]

Amazingly inspirational video, i had no idea you could do this in Scotland! Camping in a snow hole is now on my list! Thank you so much for making this video. Great camera work and views too 👏🏼👏🏼😊

[@annieleoutside6044]

Thanks so much! Its not been a very snowy year this year, so much harder to find the right conditions to snow hole. But hopefully you will have the opportunity in future :)

[@TubeAddict999]

@@annieleoutside6044 are there any particular conditions that you need or will just loads of snow do? Thanks

[@garyboyle695]

That looked amazing, especially from my nice warm home. You're an inspiration to just get out there and explore.

[@annieleoutside6044]

thank you :) Im glad you enjoyed watching it.

[@sjlham]

Hi there just watched your wee adventure in the Cairngorms in your snow hole. Looked amazing and i am so jealous lol well done you. Are you doing more adventures 🎉

[@hoser7706]

Simply incredible!!

[@meirdudai]

Truly inspiring!

[@annieleoutside6044]

Thank so much :)

[@debrawest5963]

Hi Annie! 5 * wonderful stuff as always. Very classy digs for the night, the tealight candles on the candle shelves just made it look so cosy. One of my favourite viewpoints is where you watched the sunrise, especially in winter. Enjoyed recognising where you were throughout the vid, except for the whiteout bit of course 😀

[@annieleoutside6044]

Hi Debra, Yes, its such a lovely top. I love all the rimed up boulders, they make such great shapes. I also expected other folk to have come up early given the forcast and thought id get more peace than the munro. In the end no one else was up till like 10am! Hope you are well :)

[@charleslyster1681]

Brilliant, I love a good snowhole! This year was hopeless in Scotland so I went to Norway with my son to find snow, and there was plenty there. Just a suggestion; it’s a really good idea to have a chimney hole above your stove to allow steam out and ensure ventilation. If you put a walking pole or similar through it you can keep it clear. In drifting conditions it really helps avoid the serious risk of suffocation. I love the bike!

[@annieleoutside6044]

Hey Charles thank for watching! Yes, it been a rubbish winter, i live at the base of the cairngorms and havent managed a snow hole this year. Glad you found snow elsewhere. You cant see it in the video, but i have my probe through the roof above the stove creating a vent and as the weather was calm i made a large doorway and left it open to allow plenty of ventiliation :)

[@charleslyster1681]

@@annieleoutside6044 glad to hear it; I’ve been snowed in and had to dig out once or twice and it’s not very nice. The first trip I made with my son was when he was 12 and I carried all the kit and dug three holes in three days; he’s 27 now and the balance has swung the other way! I’ve invited my daughter many times but she just thinks it’s madness.

[@natoulkach1791]

Annie, very nice video, great adventure. Thanks

[@annieleoutside6044]

Thank you :)

[@unchewable1]

Very cool, definitely looked like hard work what a adventure

[@annieleoutside6044]

Hard but worth it. Camping is easier mind!

[@emilystratton99]

Looks absolutely incredible!

[@annieleoutside6044]

Thanks Emily! I hope you are goiing well :)

[@emilystratton99]

@@annieleoutside6044 Yes really good thanks, back in Scotland again! Bella and I have been enjoying seeing your adventures and getting inspired for our own smaller ones! :)

[@annieleoutside6044]

@@emilystratton99 Glad to hear things are good. Looking forward to seeing what you get up to :)

[@VeloObscura]

Never fancied bikepacking in the cold - definitely more of a tropics kinda guy - but that snow hole just looks like so much fun! Reminds me of making a "den" as a kid....

[@annieleoutside6044]

Ive done it lobg enough i now have the gear to be pretty comfy. Its pretty much like making a cosy den :)

[@bikedad7432]

Well done! One of the coolest bike packing videos I've seen in a long time.

[@annieleoutside6044]

Ah thanks so much!

[@elizasampey]

You're amazing 🤩 I love this!

[@annieleoutside6044]

Thanks so much Eliza :D

[@benvickery]

What a great video! I was in the Cairngorms a week ago and had possibly my best ever wild camp next to a frozen Loch Etchachan. Ben Macdui was covered in snow and I used crampons but I want to do a proper winter skills course and stay in a snow cave too!!

[@andyhargreaves5329]

It’s been a while :-) thanks for posting. Your adventures are always so inspiring.

[@annieleoutside6044]

haha yep, ive made a few but never posted cause i didnt like them. Thank you!

[@jimmysqueezyronin5623]

Wow! Such amazing scenery. Beautiful film. Great job👍🚴‍♂️

[@annieleoutside6044]

Thank you! it was so beautiful up there.

[@mariemurphy7663]

Flipping awesome. Great video, fab to see the whole process and it really does look exhausting

[@annieleoutside6044]

Thank you! Yeah, it took a few days for my arms to recover!

[@marcmorin9945]

Thank you for this great adventure. Love it with the nice scenery and the work for taking us with you. Hard work to make your home to.👍

[@annieleoutside6044]

thank you. Yes, camping might have been easier, but it was a fun thing to do and very warm and comfy

[@Samthemancharles]

Brilliant, going to try this in Tahoe in the next few weeks

[@annieleoutside6044]

Have a great time!!

[@lexster411]

Just incredible, so glad I stumbled across this, never seen anything like it. Thanks for bringing us along on this adventure

[@annieleoutside6044]

Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@AllenBoardman]

When I seen the food bag.... I had a feeling you'd have a multi use for it 😂 nice video. Thanks for sharing.

[@annieleoutside6044]

😂

[@Leigh_thompsett]

What a great video! Many thanks for capturing this would love to do something like this one day. Sure looks amazing! Looking forward to more 😁👍

[@annieleoutside6044]

Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@robertmerry1693]

Wow, Beautiful place and practical advice. Thank you

[@annieleoutside6044]

Thanks for watching :)

[@nimakhorshidi2267]

Thank you Annie for sharing, really enjoyable to watch! It’s beautiful!

[@annieleoutside6044]

Thanks Nima, im glad you enjoyed it.

[@moab_in]

I dug one recently up near Lochnagar, there's a couple decent locations nearby. One tip re poop, if done before sleeping: lay it in a 'shallow grave' in the snow, it'll have frozen overnight and is easier to then bag. I think Coire na Ciste car park at Cairngorm actually has a human waste bin for disposal due to the volume of winter skills training occurring higher up.

[@stuartroberts6272]

Beautiful, serious work digging your snow hotel

[@annieleoutside6044]

Ha, yep, it took a while!

[@bertschuh5720]

Always love your adventures @a_girl_outside, and this was really great!!!

[@annieleoutside6044]

Thanks so much, im glad you enjoyed it!

[@alasdaircrawford2695]

Inspiring stuff. Never seen a time out from digging a snow hole for a tea break before. That fog reminded me of skiing in Glenshee and Glencoe as a kid. Next to no visibility - just skied in the general direction of the sound of the old diesel motors used on the lifts back then.

[@annieleoutside6044]

Theres no way im fit enough to dig it in one go! Saying that i made it way bigger than needed, but it was comfy. Yeah, the fog is so tricky, i had to nav on a bearing to the snow hole site. It makes me feel sea sick.

[@theblobbusters]

What a star👍🏻😀😀😀how did you know where to cycle without going off the edge?🤔

[@annieleoutside6044]

Its an area im familiar with and i had a map and compass :)

[@randallmiller3842]

That was great. Must be amazing to be able to ride anywhere, not constrained by trails and trees.

[@annieleoutside6044]

Its such an amazing feeling. So much freedom

[@KevinFindlater]

Excellent, thanks for sharing

[@annieleoutside6044]

Thanks for watching :)

[@sjlham]

What was your route up and roughly where did you dig your snowhole.

[@alias8125]

Lovely

[@whenigotothemountains1203]

That was awesome. I really enjoyed watching that. Atb gordon

[@annieleoutside6044]

Thanks so much Gordon, im glad you enjoyed it :)

[@Bikepacking]

Where is this place looks amazing

[@annieleoutside6044]

This is the cairngorms up near aviemore :)

[@TapioBlue]

White Magic when one can ride on the crust.

[@annieleoutside6044]

It really is!

[@truffieernst6006]

WOW

[@PH-ov1hq]

Way to be!

[@BushcraftAdventure]

🙌🏻 ↟↟This video is absolutely crazy:) .. Love it☃️❄️🤍

[@annieleoutside6044]

Cheers 😆