Ok so Melt freeze cycles continue to blow through, 6 degrees and 130mph on monday for Cairngorm summit, colder with some fresh snow wednesday thursday, and melting at all levels again today!
The good news for the weekend is that we are back to cold -4 at 900 meters by tomorrow morning.
So a lot of the snow has been stripped back from the hill again, but the gullies and deeper groove lines such as Fluted Buttress Direct are holding good neve (probably more like ice once it has frozen again tomorrow). Take some sharp tools, especially crampons for the approach slopes!
The large cornice is still hanging in above crotched gully.
I wasn't in the Corries today but I would expect the ice to have survived this blip. Mirror direct and pateys route looking pretty icy. The thaw should have cleared the cracks. There is not a huge amount of snow in the forecast to rime up the crags so I would expect them to be fairly black tomorrow.
Keep us updated if you are out over the weekend, especially if you go a bit further, Lurchers anyone....?
Cheers
Ian
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