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Beautiful afternoon sun and snow |
Three days ago mountain forecasts were suggesting wind speeds on the Cairngorm summits in excess of 80mph on Wednesday and 100mph on Thursday. I did have a client booked on a course for these days. We had a chat and he decided to reschedule. So I was a bit miffed to see hardly anything wind wise yesterday and today only around 60mph on the Cairngorms. The storm obviously tract further south. So that left me with a day off today. I had a wander up the Monadhliath to check out the sun and snow.
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The only footprints were of Mountain Hares |
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Beautiful conditions |
The fresh snow was down to about 350m on the Monadhliath. I was surprised to be the only person walking up today. No other footprints. Even though I had a late start.
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Good cover |
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Drifts |
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Snow drifting in the strong winds |
Above 500m there was some drifting and some beautiful snow sculptured sastrugi and other wonderful snow and wind creations. At 600m a stronger wind of around 40mph. A 30 minute snow shower came through. This was coupled with the heavy drying snow and gave some poor visibility for a time.
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Snow transportation in strong winds |
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More wonderful sculptured snow |
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Deep drifts |
It was just fab being out alone amongst some wonderful snow conditions. The sun was very welcome too. A lot more snow to come tomorrow. Get ready for some snow ploughing again, I mean with your legs. :)
Storm Dudley? No, not here. Storm Eunice? Erm, no not here. We'll see tomorrow.
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