Latest mountain conditions

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Soggy, snorkelling weather

Sunday, 11 March 2007

Since Friday (pictures below) the weather and the snow has gone uphill a little! Even teams scuttling over to the tropic of Cairngorm found little respite. Saturday and Sunday have been mild and damp. It looks set to stay milder this week with only the higher tops brushing against colder air. After the later part of the coming week, winds do appear to be swinging into a more northerly direction. Be assured that a good amount of snow and ice should be left on Ben Nevis, so winter still has lots of legs at the moment.

This sequence of shots are on Golden Oldy, a very pleasant Grade II on the West Face of Aonach Mor. Finding the route for the first time often confuses people. Walk up the Glen to GR 186729 (Stream Junction). At this point two streams meet, cascading down the west face. Ascend steep grassy slopes between the two streams and the route evolves above you and between the two gullies formed by the streams.

On Friday we suffered from gale force winds funnelling over the plateau, which stopped us in our tracks for some time.