Barely a ‘Skiff”
9th April 2022
A cool Northerly breeze for much of the time , in the main it was a bright and dry day in the Drumochter hills. Conditions underfoot are becoming hard and crusty; run outs are not good in the event of any slips
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(Above) Drumochter ‘West” From left An Torc or Boar of Badenoch (739m) . Sgairneach Mhor (991m) and the long ‘whale back ‘ ridge of A Mharconaich (975m) on the right.
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(Above) Gael Charn (917m) with view down towards Coire Fhar (off the shoulder) . Snow cover is now very sparse below 900 metres. Last night’s precipitation manifesting as ‘barely a skiff ‘
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