Activities are numerous and well organized--I shot clays and joined a low-intensity, three-hour Cascades Gorge hike with the hilarious guide Brian LaFountain.

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At the foot of the range, by the little village of Poncebos, I begin a three-hour ascent of the gorge along a narrow scree trail that winds vertiginously up its eastern flank.

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The three who died were part of two separate groups climbing up opposite sides of a gorge in the Chalamain Gap area in the Cairngorms.

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