Stob Coire Nan Lochan on Sunday was moderately busy. Definitely not the busiest weekend of the winter.
Jagged Globe had a group in the Coire, Led by Andy Chapman up Dorsal Arete. Category 4 was the forecast for the snow avalanche hazard. Lots of people were turning back from spooky slab. A group was cautiously pushing up Boomerang Gully, and a few people managed a successful accent of Broad Gully. There was lots of slab requiring caution on many aspects. There is a report that one person was avalanched 300m down No.4 Gully on the Ben, even after abseiling in and testing the slope. In conditions like this maximum respect for the slab is needed
Winter is still here and will healthily move into April. There are still lots of routes in condition high up.
SC Gully had loose slab in it's upper and lower sections. In this photo can be seen a team of 3 walking out, wisely backing off from their climb, in these conditions.
Coire na Ciste this morning. It was a great day on the Ben....
Lots of people heading up into Coire na Ciste..
We spent ages spotting all the climbers - for example on Point 5, Orion Direct and Minus 2 Gully...
It was day 3 of our 'Intro to Winter Mountaineering' course. We headed for the Ben and covered how to stop a slip, a slide, step cutting, bucket seats, buried axes and belaying.... As usual I had a great time sliding about...
