Corrieyairack Pass
25th March 2025
Light overnight rain cleared to leave a dry day. The highest summits were in the cloud initially, but most cleared throughout the morning. The strong West-North-Westerly winds meant it still felt cold in wind exposed areas. Another dry day is forecast for tomorrow before unsettled weather moves in at the end of the week.
Carn Leac to the South of the Corrieyairack Pass was the location for today’s observations, giving views to the North side of the Creag Meagaidh massif.
There is insufficient snow for an avalanche hazard and no further avalanche reports will be published for Creag Meagaidh unless conditions change. For further information please refer to this SAIS mountain blog, which will continue.
The Spey Dam and the Eastern end of the Creag Meagaidh area with Coire na Gall, Coire Dubh and Coire a’Bhein still having snow patches at the coire rims.
Looking West to the hills around Glen Shiel. We’ve got quite a few impressive walls in the Creag Meagaidh area. This one isn’t as impressive as others in steepness or length, but still makes you pause to think about those that built it. Thankfully there seemed to be plenty of rocks in the vicinity so they wouldn’t have been carried far. It is situated at 880 metres and only extends for a short distance (approximately 100 metres) across the summit of Carn Leac.
The North side of Carn Liath is still holding a few snow patches.
A closer look into Min Choire and Garbh Choire above Loch a’ Bhànain as the cloud started to clear from the main Creag Meagaidh ridge line.
Coire Buidhe on the North side of Beinn a’ Chaorainn (1052m).
A lone snow patch on the North-East side of Carn Leac. Although not obvious from this photo, looking West from here a few snow patches were observed on the tops of the Glen Affric hills.
The summit of Creag Meagaidh cleared early afternoon. Snow remains on the North side of the summit above Lochan Uaine.
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Keith Horner
25th March 2025 5:48 pm
You have to wonder at the purpose of such a short length of wall on Carn Leac – presumably part of a historic march defining adjacent estates but strange to be so short. Did it potentially connect to the fence posts shown in your other photo?
meagaidhadmin
26th March 2025 4:48 pm
Difficult to say, Keith, but it’s definitely another one of those remarkable physical feats of remote construction work.