In reply to Tony the Blade:
> I'm after somewhere I can take him, we shall do basic winter skill stuff (avalanche awareness, axe arrest etc etc) and the hopefully take in a decent Gd1 climb... does such a location exist?
You will be able to teach cramponing skills no bother but you might struggle to find somewhere to practice self arrest. The snow is like concrete. If you can find a spot in the sun maybe. You might be able to find some soft snow on the easy angled basin when you first hit the snowline before the final push up into the coire in Stob Coire nan Lochan, there is usually some sunny bits there.
I went up NC gully on Thursday. There are old footsteps from when the snow was soft you can ladder up or if you move off the side you can front point it. Has a nice enclosed gully atmosphere compared to Broad Gully.