from SAIS Lochaber
Today we were up on Ben Nevis for a wee look about. In general there is lots of snow, and winter climbing conditions are looking good, and there were very few people about. There has been a large avalanche from below the Orion face. The crown wall ran all the way from below the first platform of North East Buttress to below Observatory Ridge. In the photo I have marked the most obvious bit of the crown wall in red. The height of this crown wall was quite variable, and in some sections it was quite shallow
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from SAIS Lochaber
Looking up into Coire na Ciste today. Old avalanche debris below Number 5 gully. This avalanche occurred during the mild wet spell last week. Fresh cornices at the top of Number 5 gully. You might just about be able to make out an old crown wall on the shady snow slope in the middle distance. This is probably the same avalanche for which the debris is shown in the previous picture. It was a lovely calm and sunny day on Ben Nevis today. Lots of climbers out with teams on The Orion Face, Hadrians Wall, Point
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from SAIS Lochaber
A view up towards the Orion face in between rain showers. Very warm!
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from SAIS Lochaber
Still some ice hanging in there on the Orion face. It was pretty windy up there today (see the spray from the waterfalls going up). There has been a drastic thaw at this level recently. A couple of days ago the main cic hut ice fall looked almost climbable, but now it has collapsed. A couple of days ago these large holes in the snow cover weren't there.
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from West Coast Mountain Guides
The 'Probes' have been out and by all accounts it's business as usual. although please do watch out for pockets of windslab and approach shady slopes with a degree of caution. N.E. Buttress - Point Five Gully - Orion Face - Minus Gullies - Vanishing Gully to name but a few. The track from Torlundy up to the hut is in very good shape and well trod. I still have some space at the CIC Hut next week and the weather looks set fair for the duration. Apparently the Cairngorms are buried, but the road west is now
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from West Coast Mountain Guides
One team staying at our bunkhouse climbed The Great Chimney on to Tower Ridge and continued up that route to the plateau. Another team were seen in Point Five Gully and good conditions have been reported on Orion Face.
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from West Coast Mountain Guides
Thanks to Nigel Hooker for this photo taken on Ledge Route today. Conditions on Nevis are pretty good and Orion Face is being climbed, along with plenty of others.
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from Dave MacLeod Climbing
Today, Diff and I are stationed in my house drinking vast quantities of tea, piling through an entire box of shortbread and generally recovering from the Smith Marshall week. We managed to do it, film it, photograph it and enjoy every minute of it. Yesterday we left the CIC hut at 8ish and made a morning ascent of Orion Face Direct in glorious conditions to finish off, and top of the seven Ben Nevis routes. That left the sting in the tail - the Grey Corries traverse. It’s a big walk but not a big deal on
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from Dave MacLeod Climbing
Donald was off like a shot soloing up slingsbys chimney early doors to rig ropes down minus three this morning. The crux out of the cave had just enough ice to make it interesting. Above, three pitches of Perfect neve led to north east buttress. I definitely wouldn't have liked to be step cutting out of the cave. Speaking of which, some folk were asking why we weren't step cutting ourselves this week. Neither of us have ever tried it before and a week of grade Vs probably wouldn't be the place to start. By
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