The irony is deep.
20th January 2025
(Above) T’was World Snow Day yesterday. Given the snow drought, I thought Glencoe Mountain’s marketing people were defiantly upbeat. Glass half full, obviously.
(Above)…and the reality. A daunder into upper Glen Roy today to see if I could get a look (*glimpse*?) of the remaining old snow on the Creag Meagaidh summit area’s northern face. Unfortunately, ‘Meggie retained a cloud cap for most of the day so little was seen. On the flats in the bottom of the Glen Roy is Luib Chonnal bothy – just visible if you zoom in – looking a bit bereft in the no-mans-land a km or two from the boggy watershed that divides the River Spey and the River Roy catchments.
(Above) Dog Falls at 500m on the Burn of Agie. There’s a narrow partially-made track from Annat up to the falls dating from Victorian times, I think. Very little evidence (at all) of 20th century foot traffic up to this feature which, as you can see, has its own foot bridge. Said cloud cap.
(Above) One of the railings on the footbridge wobbles slightly alarmingly and the bridge deck is of questionable structural integrity. Best avoided! Picturesque spot though. The inviting-looking pools are linked by small waterfalls. Access to the side of the burn at any point is tricky/difficult…and that on a day when the burn was running very low. No doubt an order of magnitude more challenging after rainfall.
(Above) Looking upstream from the bridge.
(Above) Annat Coire looking along the course of the Canal Burn. Some wee retained snow patches on ENE facing aspect of the hill topped by the 763m spot height.
(Above) Misty futher south and west, as viewed from Bohuntinville in Glen Roy. The pointy peak left of centre is Stob Coire na Ceannain.
A little light snow coming through in showers tomorrow, on light SW winds. Expected to bring little change to the current ‘no hazard’ avalanche conditions but could see a general dusting of snow above 900m.
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