West was best
17th April 2015
Pleasant, although a bit overcast with us at Meagaidh today.
The Paragliders were out in force, I think they thought they may have faired better by going further west for a bit more sun!
Still, they seemed to get good lift off the Cairn Liath and Sron a Ghoire ridge lines.
I could have done with a lift myself down from ‘The Window’ if they had been passing….maybe next year!
Above Cairn Liath – next years transport!
About 10 wings in action -Â some off Cairn Liath , some from Sron a Ghoire – lift on both sides looked pretty good….
…..and not a cheep out of the Canadian Geese on landings
….way to go – nice one!
It’s all very much got a bit of an end of term feel to it, things are pretty stable as we run out with the current  steady slow thaw conditions, although if your are out and about we still have plenty cornices remaining to keep your eye on.
I had a bit of a tour around the top end of what looked like the worst of them today.
A few pics below – a thousand words and all that etc……
Coire Ardair & the Inner Coire shots taken looking at main features left to right approaching the coire
Cornice line above Bellevue Buttress area
Bellevue Buttress cornice
Top of Raeburn’s Gully – looking fairly benign
Top of Easy Gully
Top of Easy Gully towards main ‘Post Face’
Top of left hand end Post Face
Top of North Post
Top of ‘Pipes’
Top of Inner Coire Ardair – Cinderella etc
Top section of Cinderella – still some meaty chunks of cornice to come down
Above the Inner Coire Ardair – towards ‘The Window’ end
Slopes at ‘The Window’ – some recent rock fall (plenty more of these with end of season thaws)
Inner Coire Ardair -Â floor peppered with debris,both cornice & rock. (can be a bit of a gun fire alley if there at the wrong time!)
…..and a few to end in Coire a Chriochairein (for any of you out and about on a split board……)
Coire a Chriochairein (Stone Coire)
Up close and personal – Topping out centre section Coire a Chriochairein
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Grant Duff
18th April 2015 12:33 pm
Some great photos and its great to see the start of Summer with the big flying human birds.