Just a quick update as lots of folk asking.
We had a lot of graupel like everywhere else but that was pretty much washed out on Wednesday night. Cold again now with fresh down to 600m.
Conditions changing daily but overall its definitely still full winter up there so any peaks will be a major adventure.
The Ridge crest has a lot of rock exposed so not really fast enough for Traversing the whole lot if the weather does settle down.
The major ice build-ups were lost apart from a few above 800m and they were looking white & holy. Some new was building up in Coir' a' Bhasteir yesterday.
Major climbing attractions are the well-filled snow-lines giving great ways to the crest- Diagonal Gully on Ghreadaidh is a prime example-
http://skyeguides.co.uk/alpine-route-for-an-alpine-day-15th-feb/
but watch the videos-
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fuw9q70nlb9nha8/FinalFinal.mp4?dl=0 or
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Skye-Guides/175320272632117?fref=ts (14th Feb one)
to realise where you're gonna end up! Descents are more likely to be interesting/problematic than ascents. There's been a fair bit of give in the old snows and not continuous right to the corrie floors so descending An Dorus, Great Stone Shoot etc will be concentrated, not quite death on a stick but definitely not a romp either.
Seen worse forecasts so looking forward to a good weekend.
Top 250m is quite well rimed on south & west facing so my guess would be that there are some good mixed lines to go.
