Thursday, February 06, 2014

High level snow aplenty

(Above) Coire a Chriochairein. Fresh snow on many aspects on high ground - plenty of  cornices!

(Above) Sron a Ghoire NE gullies - lots of snow in these high sheltered lee locations
 
(Above) Defined layers in todays pit at 800m on a steep NW aspect - weaknesses were evident with moderate shears showing up in tests