Serious & Sustained Winds
25th January 2025
Wind speeds last night were sustained and serious with many of us losing power during the evening. SAIS South Cairngorms has had to decamp to Ballater to get power – Thanks to BMRT!
Consequently many areas are wind scoured holding little snow. Only very sheltered locations such as gully tops, sharply defined corrie rims or steep burn lines have managed to accumulate any deeper snow. Here the snow is dry, light and poorly bonded. There are very mixed conditions underfoot with a hard icy crust in places – sometimes you break through and sometimes you’re left trying to kick through or teeter across. Eventually crampons made sense to speed the process up.
Staying cold with a little more snow forecast overnight and then potentially some more on Sunday evening.
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