Our outing yesterday gave Stuart and I a good leg work out trudging through deep snow into Coire an't Sneachda. The recent snowfall has covered everything but the biggest boulders and lucky trees that can stand tall in the drifts.
We left the car park at 08:15 and after some slight detours following the rough path in the snow we arrived in the coire almost 2 and a half hours later.
For the most part the snow was at least knee high and visibility very poor.
One of the few other parties in the Coire (approaching Aladins Mirror Direct).
Since visibility was so poor and given the amount of wading through snow we'd already done we decided to set up a rope on top of the ice pitch after i led it. Normally i would be reluctant to do so but since most parties we had seen turned back and the coire being very quiet this caused no disruption.
Stuart topping out of the ice pitch.
Loch morlich trying to peep through the mist.
The visibility lifted occasionally but gave us no clear views until well down the approach path to the car park.
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