John & I found a nice route up Schiehallion today. We went up the NE slopes of the hill and found some excellent neve which led up to the NW shoulder that finishes at the summit. We made a good choice today as there was a lot of cloud on most hills in the North & West. The winds were only about 40mph and we only had a brief snow shower at the end of the day. There was a good variety of snow conditions on the Eastern descent ridge, ranging from hard neve, rime ice, water ice and windslab. Interesting to note a passing walker who had no ice axe but the latest model of GPS strapped on to his rucsac. Enough said.
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