Spring for now…
6th March 2025
Another mild spring day in the Southern Cairngorms.
The overnight rain showers had cleared by early morning with some clear conditions, giving views of the Lochnagar and The Stuic.
Cloud, with a base of around 700 metres quickly developed during the morning blanketing the mountains and curtailing any further landscape photography.
With the freezing level well above the highest summits the remaining snow patches are well bonded and stable. They are mostly confined to North-West through North to East aspects above 900 metres. These persistent snow patches are confined to terrain features such as coire back walls and gullies. Although, thawing the snow accumulations remain quite firm under foot requiring a determined kick to cross safely. Steeper snow patches continue to have serious and consequential runouts below. Some of the higher snow patches are expected to become slightly firmer during Friday as the freezing level lowers slightly.
The forecast is for mild springlike conditions through the weekend, becoming colder and more wintery during Monday.
Lochnagar 1155 metres. Black buttresses with patchy snow confined to gullies and back walls.
The Stuic buttress 1091 metres. The buttress is a two star grade one winter scramble, looking more summery this morning.
A view down Caenlochan Glen from the Southern flanks of Glas Maol. The snow patch in the fore ground is confined to a burn line, with most of the slope, sadly devoid of snow.
A slumping and cracking snow patch in the White Brae to the North-East of Glas Maol.
The obligatory photo of the Glas Maol (1068 metres) summit cairn. Some of the white bits are sadly lumps of quartz not snow!
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