Stob Coire Nan Lochan

The queue at the beginning of Dorsal Arete, in early afternoon (8 people here)

Stob Coire Nan Lochan. A relatively quiet moment of the day. How many people can you see?

Day 2 of the Winter Mountaineering course. Both teams headed to Stob Coire Nan Lochan for our adventures today. The good weather and stable snow brought the crowds out onto the hills this weekend. All of the popular venues were crowded, car parks full and queues on the most popular climbs. I was with Andrew and Nicola, and we did a journey all over grade 1 ground. I could see queues on other climbs, but I was surprised to see the quantitiy of people on Dorsal Arete, and queueing at a first belay. Lots of them will have been using headtorches today! At Andrew and Nicola's adventures' end, I hope it made for a great honeymoon - they're off to Inverness next.