Fresh Snow…
17th February 2025
There was some unexpected fresh snow overnight. Just a dusting above 300 metres and an estimated 3cm up at around 900 metres. In any case the mountains not only looked white, but wintery in the bright spells at glen level.
The wind direction has remained from the South-South-East resulting in windslab deposits becoming deeper and slightly more widespread on West through North to North-East aspects above 900 metres. In most cases these are not extensive and are confined to the coire rim and sheltered gullies. However, deeper accumulations are sensitive and when combined with fresh, fragile cornices present the threat of triggering.
Drifting and overloading of these deposits will continue tomorrow, and caution is advised in deeper accumulations of windslab particularly in steep terrain where the consequences of a slide may be serious.
Meikle Pap seen from the cairn at pt 678.
The view across to Ben Avon and the isolated granite tors of Leabaidh an Daimh Bhuidhe. These slopes include the upper reaches of the Allt an Eas Mhoir, a favourite area for crystal hunters in the past who scoured these mountain sides in search of Smoky Quartz.
The hallowed cliffs of Lochnagar. ‘Douglas-Gibson Gully’ (centre left), ‘Parallel Gully B’ (right of centre), ‘Trail of Tears’ and ‘Mort’ take the steep homogenous buttress bounded by ‘Raeburn’s Gully’ (right).
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