Rain for a change

Hi Alan,
Thanks for the advice again. We had a brilliant weekend in the climbing capital of the UK. A brilliantly sunny weekend as the photo of Ben Nevis shows but with a cold easterly wind at times. Saturday we took the Aonach Mor gondola and walked up the Allt Daim to the foot of the east ridge of Carn Dearg Meadhonach and climbed this in at times soft sugary snow but with an alpine feel. From the top of the route we continued to Carn Mor Daerg with fantastic views of Ben Nevis and the Mamores and then descended its narrow east ridge arete again with an alpine feel to it. It was just brilliant.
Sunday we returned to the gondola and to the same glen but this time on the other side to reach Golden Oldy. Mostly rock on its lower parts but more snowy higher up. It has a good narrow ridge section at about two thirds height with we thought some exciting exposure for a short distance. A bit more cloudy Sunday afternoon and that cold wind again especially on the summit of Aonach Mor. The trip ended with a fifty minute descent back to the gondola racing the skiers and snowboarders in time for the last one down.
Looks like the snow/ice will be around a while yet on The Ben but that's it for us this season I think.

thanks again,

Jon,Rob,Gavin.