Ben Nevis today?

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 sleeplessjb 27 Dec 2018

Hello, just wondering if anyone was up the Ben today? Said to my mate I’d head up there with home tomorrow and if there was any winter left I was gonna head over aonaoch mor/beag and sleep out one side and finish the traverse. Don’t want to carry an exped bag in (specially with the speedster I’m going with) if there’s definitely as little snow as I suspect there will be!

 

also if you were in at the n face I take it all the gullies were gone/looking ‘slippy’!

 

many thanks in advance!!!

 Billhook 28 Dec 2018
In reply to sleeplessjb:

There's plenty of winter left.  Its the end of December!!

 

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 Munch 28 Dec 2018
In reply to sleeplessjb:

Any news? Was planning to climb on the Ben Sunday/Monday. We've booked the CIC for the night, and trying to work out if it's worth aborting. 

Wondering if it's thawed so much that something like ledge route will be do-able as a scramble, or is it half covered in slush and patchy ice? 

 Michael Gordon 28 Dec 2018
In reply to Munch:

Ledge Route is nearly always do-able, provided the crossing of No.5 Gully is safe. But while others may be different, with that weather forecast I probably wouldn't bother. 


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