Still Snowing on the Tops

Not a very pleasant day really, but it's still chucking down snow on the tops. One adventurous team staying at the bunkhouse went to try Albatross and found no rime ice at all much. They then transferred to Brass Monkey and had a struggle on that, eventually retreating back down Observatory Gully. They were digging snow pits to evaluate the avalanche hazard, but found very little potential. They did not get close to the top of any gullies and personally I feel if they had done, they might have descended the gully rather faster than expected!!

Still looking good for Saturday and cold into next week. Plenty of space at the bunkhouse and the Guides Training winter course is based here next week. The place to be?