CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT These fences exist purely to catch windswept snow blowing across CairnGorm Mountain. Marie France-Roy, cutting into their savings. Atop the Nevis Range, local compatriot Lauren MacCallum produced two things that no one else had thought to pack: a Saltire (Scottish flag) and a flask of whiskey. The biggest air of the trip and the smallest air of trip at CairnGorm Mountain. If you look closely, you can tell we’re snowboarders. Crossing the hill off the backside of CairnGorm Mountain to check out some lines where conditions were a bit on the bony side, to say the least. 058 THE SNOWBOARDER’S JOURNAL