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Beinn Udlaidh - 24th February

Friday, 26 February 2010

Thanks to Pete Love for these pictures taken earlier this week. Beinn Udlaidh MAY be a POSSIBLE location to climb under the current heavy accumulation of snow. However, route choice and avoidance of any sort of undulations in the slope profile, gullies or open slopes are key to safety.

Quite rightly, climbers are concerned about the avalanche hazard just now, so choose your approach and exit from steep icefalls with great care. As usual any reports of locations that have proved to be possible will be a great help to all of us. HOWEVER, a location which is good at 1200hrs can be lethal at 1400hrs or the next day.

It is so important to continually assess snow properties on a regular basis during the day and climb defensively under the current conditions. I doubt if any of the big routes on Nevis will be approachable for a few days yet and even though the weekend looks set for good weather, please do not be attracted to a potentially dangerous location just because of the blue skies and low temperatures which are forecast.

Take care.

The Smirk, Beinn Udlaidh.

The Smirk Beinn Udlaidh

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