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How Coire an Sneachda looked today

from SAIS Northern Cairngorms
Keywords:
usable snowfields, flat ice area, trident gully area, Aladdins Couloir, Coire an Sneachda, Fiachaill Buttress, Jacobs Ladder, point five, Potage, ice

Aladdins Couloir is incomplete, the trident gully area looked a little more hopeful A very bare Mess of Potage, Jacobs Ladder is incomplete. Some ice holding out on the flat ice area with usable snowfields between point five and Fiachaill Buttress

published: 4 months ago | downloaded: 4 months ago | 36 views
related: The end., Under a threatening sky., North West adventures, Springtime, Cold and Clear

Happy new Year

from SAIS Northern Cairngorms
Keywords:
Coire, Fiacaill Coire Sneachda, lee side Lochain Mess, Potage in Coire, wind scoured, wintry, Potage, Coire an t-Sneachda, t-Sneachda, windslab

Fiacaill Coire Sneachda is wind scoured but windslab is building again on the lee side Lochain Mess of Potage in Coire an t-Sneachda looking more wintry

published: 4 months ago | downloaded: 4 months ago | 11 views
related: 12cm of new snow, Views into Coire an t-Sneachda, Cold and Sunny, Warmer and Clear, 2011-12-24 15:56:00

Dry light winds freezing level around the tops

from SAIS Northern Cairngorms
Keywords:
Dry light winds, Aladdins buttress crag apron, level around the tops, large snow fields, Today's pit, Mess of Potage, Potage, Mess, snowpack, slopes

Mess of Potage looking rather black, but large snow fields remain on the slopes. The snowpack is isothermal. Today's pit was dug on Aladdins buttress crag apron

published: about 1 year ago | downloaded: about 1 year ago | 42 views
related: Warmer and Clear, Visibility in the Cairngorms!, A cold day on the tops ! but generally clear.

Soft weak layer

from SAIS Northern Cairngorms
Keywords:
soft layer, firm slabby layer, snow pack weaknesses, windslab deposits, Soft weak layer, blue snow ice, tap test, Jacobs Ladder, Mess of Potage, winds

As the winds increased on Monday a firm slabby layer developed overlying the soft layer beneath leading to a snow pack weaknesses. In this photo you can see the mixture of blue snow ice and windslab deposits. (Mess of Potage and Jacobs Ladder) A tap test revealing the weaker soft layer.

published: about 1 year ago | downloaded: about 1 year ago | 58 views
related: Very cold with bright spells

Very cold with bright spells

from SAIS Northern Cairngorms
Keywords:
snowpack very cold, crag apron, weak on many aspects, bright spells, weak faceted layer, mess of potage, NW aspect, Jacobs ladder, potage, avalanche debris

Some avalanche debris was noted just below Jacobs ladder on the right of this photo and below mess of potage below the crag apron. The snowpack very cold and weak on many aspects. Tap test revealed a weak faceted layer just above the old hard snow ice layer on a NW aspect at 1050m.

published: about 1 year ago | downloaded: about 1 year ago | 86 views
related: Warmer and Clear

Visibility in the Cairngorms!

from SAIS Northern Cairngorms
Keywords:
WSW winds, left of Mess, morning on WSW winds, Yestereday debris, Cairngorms!, Visibility in the Cairngorms!, NE aspect, rising temperature, Today's pit, Mess of Potage

Drifting snow this morning on WSW winds. Today's pit was on a NE aspect. Yestereday debris from the rising temperature seen to the left of Mess of Potage.

published: over 2 years ago | downloaded: over 2 years ago | 47 views
related: Warmer and Clear

Warmer and Clear

from SAIS Northern Cairngorms
Keywords:
Climbers on Mess, Mess of Potage, Potage, Warmer, Mess, Clear, Coire, Climbers

Climbers on Mess of Potage - Coire an t Sneachda new snow cover

published: over 2 years ago | downloaded: over 2 years ago | 61 views

Thick Cloud- Deep Snow

from SAIS Northern Cairngorms
Keywords:
Coire an t Sneachda, Deep Snow, Coire, difficult trail, weak layers 40, Potage in Coire, crag in Coire, base of the crag, Thick Cloud, Mess of Potage

Looking onto Mess of Potage in Coire an t Sneachda. A day of very poor visibility and deep snow - difficult trail breaking - it took a party 3hrs to get to the base of the crag in Coire an T Sneachda from the car park ! The snowpack feels very spooky especially with the weak layers 40 cm down on the old surface hoar layer on what seems like all aspects.

published: over 2 years ago | downloaded: over 2 years ago | 43 views

Large quantities of spindrift

from SAIS Northern Cairngorms
Keywords:
spindrift, large amounts of spindrift, large amounts, Mess of Potage today, Potage today, spindrift from the plateau, Goat Track in Sneachda, Large quantities of spindrift, strong gusts, Niagra Falls

Fiacaill Buttress seen inbetween strong gusts which carried large amounts of spindrift from the plateau. Many people were climbing on Mess of Potage today. The short video clip shows large amounts of spindrift loading the top of the Goat Track in Sneachda.  It looked like The Niagra Falls

published: over 3 years ago | downloaded: over 2 years ago | 50 views