Easy Gully
10th January 2024
After a couple of lovely sunny days, it was a cloudy day on Creag Meagaidh today. The cloud was thin, and at time the sun could be seen through the cloud. I followed a team up Easy Gully. As well as getting up high to see what is in the top of the gullies, it also gave me a chance to see how the ice is forming on the Post Face. There is a reasonable amount of ice there, but it looked and sounded quite hollow with water audibly running down the back. However, some ice is better than no ice, and a few more storm cycles should improve things.
Loch Ardair is now frozen over. The cloud didn’t really clear from the crags through the day.
A team heading up Easy Gully over some old avalanche debris from a few weeks ago.
The initial icefall of South Post didn’t look too appealing. There was ice there, but there was also quite a lot of running water behind the ice.
The initial icefall of Last Post was looking a bit more substantial. However, there was still the sound of water running down behind the ice.
Looking back down into the gloom from near the top of Easy Gully.
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