Aonach Mor, Snow, Snow, Snow

Today I was with Ed Chard and Jagged Globe. We investigated the huge amount of snow at Aonach Mor, and Aonach an Nid. The depth of snow did make progress hard at times, but recent settling has reduced depth of foot (leg) penetration. The East face still holds a huge amount of dangerous soft snow. It'll be at least a few days before anybody goes down Easy Gully. The photo shows an example of a large unstable cornice hanging over the east face. We lowered members of the party over a safe edge to practice their skills.

We found rime ice building on many aspects so high rime ice routes on the Ben may be shaping up (if you can get to them).