A Wintry Look
13th March 2025
Following a light dusting of snow down to 700 metres, the hills are looking more wintry even though this is mostly superficial. There is forecast to be a few more snow showers overnight, again these are not expected to be significant. The visibility today was good giving a chance to get a view of most of the hills in the Creag Meagaidh area and beyond.
At around 900 metres on the tops above Drumochter. This was the greatest extent of evidence of any drifting.
Continuing with the theme of cairns which have been on the blogs recently, although this one isn’t actually on a summit. The hills in the distance (Creag Meagaidh summit just catching the sun in the background) look white and wintry, however the foreground gives the true picture – a light covering of snow with lots of heather and grass poking through. Evidence of light drifting here too with snow deposited on the wind sheltered side of the cairn, and also on the wind sheltered side of the grassy hummocks.
A rock which catches the attention. The BGS Geology Viewer explains that this a “vein-quartz of unknown age and affinity – Quartz (vein). Mineral vein bedrock formed at an unknown time.”
Ice forming …
A’Mharconaich (975m) on the left and Geal-charn (917m) on the right suffering snowlack.
Coire Choille-rais and the summit of Creag Meagaidh.
Looking through the Bealach Leamhaim (740m) to Beinn a’Chaorainn (1049m).
Beinn a’ Chlachair (1087m) the Southern most hill in the Creag Meagaidh forecasting area.
Ben Alder and the East facing coires of Garbh Coire and Garbh Coire Beag. The Long Leachas ridge is the right-hand skyline.
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