Category Archives: skiing

Book review: Beyond the Secret Howff, by Ashie Brebner

Posted on December 9, 2017 by cairngormwanderer

The Secret Howff is such a part of Cairngorm lore that it’s difficult to remember that until relatively recently so few people knew anything about it other than it existed… somewhere. Now Ashie Brebner, the last remaining member of the … Continue reading →

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Skiing the Black Spout of Lochnagar in 1954

Posted on January 17, 2015 by cairngormwanderer

Ashie Brebner is best known as one of the people who built the Slugain Howff in the Cairngorms – the fabled ‘Secret Howff’ of many a hill quest. However he was also almost certainly the first person to ski down … Continue reading →

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Cairngorm skiing – the traditional way

Posted on January 16, 2015 by cairngormwanderer

This winter, as in a number of winters before, I’ve toyed with the idea of getting skis again. Not to go back to the crowded slopes of Glenshee and Cairngorm which I went to as a teenager, way back in … Continue reading →

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