alan at snowhole dot co dot uk

Dam - Coire Odhar - Beinn Ghlas

Horrid!
It promised sunshine, they had it elsewhere, we got cloud, almost zero vis and half a gale!!

Poor
Climbing on mixed ice & heather for the Coire.
Hard pack icy snow & frozen grass coming down.
All good practice for navigation & combat skiing.

Mark & Ulrike - ESTC, Ramsay STC.

Ben Vrackie from Moulin via Loch a Choire

Clear with sunny spells. Wind less than the forecast 40 -55 mph on summit. Freezing at all levels.

Wind scoured on west facing slopes but enough build-up in small dips and burns to easily pick a route up. Some glazed surfaces around 500 - 650m approximately 10cm of wind slab above this level.

Don, Ewan, Jamie & Duncan

Glen Boltachan then NW to circumnavigate Loch Lednock Reservoir and back to Glen Boltachan. Skiing from 0810 to 1640 32 km

Cloudy in the morning but cleared in the afternoon. No wind. Visibility difficult initially but improved later on.

Good snow on the whole route. A bit soft on north side of the reservoir when the sun came out. Icy on most of the route which was difficult to negotiate on side slopes. Windblown snow was gave good grip. Temp probably -2 to -3.

Charles Bushby

crdbushby at gmail dot com