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| The Allt a' Mhuillin with Coire Leis and the CMD arete in the distance |
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| The Little Brenva Face, Bob Run and Cresta looking in ok condition |
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| Coire Leis, excellent neve. Looking over to Carn Mor Dearg and the arete |
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| Snow holes in the coire, the NE Buttress behind |
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| Plenty of room for a kip |
This week has seen the temperatures going up and down like a yo-yo. We had a cold and clear day Monday, then yesterday afternoon the freezing level shot above the summits with rain and today the freezing level was back down to low figures. All good stuff, just no double figures please! It was a pretty windy day and constant snow showers to 400m. I headed up into the lovely and wild Coire Leis and up to the abseil post at the end of the CMD arete. The snow here was solid and fantastic for cramponing, a lot of fresh snow getting moved around in the coire. The Little Brenva Face was still holding plenty of snow and ice. Cresta and Bob Run looked in condition although the cloud was obscuring the tops of the routes. On the way down I went over to the wee lochan area to check out the snow drifts which were holding on well, this is a great little spot for snow holing and it was recently inhabited by a large group as there were half a dozen entrances and at least 3 big sized snow chambers, so I dug out the drifted snow and had a nice break from the storm inside one of these. The winds seemed to have increased on the way down, but not quite goggle conditions. Bit milder tomorrow but the weekend looks like being cold and nice weather.
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