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Cornice AlertWednesday, 15 April 2009
posted by Westcoast Mountainguides @ 13:12 
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2 Comments:
Thanks for extracting my photies fae the download I sent you, Alan. However, I wouldnae agree that we need a temporary warning sign 'casue if others are in any way as inquisitive as me, a warning sign could tempt them to the edge and then we'll get the table-based safety brigade out demanding we put up fences and start treating this area and others like it as 'fragile surfaces'.
Thanks Andy, I knew we would not agree on that one. However I also sent the pictures to Nevis Partnership and they suggested, possibly posting a warning about the general nature of the danger at the moment on boards at the access points at the foot of the mountain. That is no different to posting weather and avalanche warnings. As a very busy mountain that attracts people other than 'full-on' mountaineers, Ben Nevis is unique and needs to be treated as such. The cornice at the top of Gardyloo Gully highlights the fact that a 'HUGE' cairn ten metres back from the lip might just stop people walking towards the gully as they see the summit shelter, without realising the abyss which lies between them and the summit. Another possibility would be to re-route the last 300 metres from the top of Macleans Steep to follow the winter bearing line towards the top of Gardyloo Gully, rather than loop around closer to the plateau edge.
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