Residual cornices
31st March 2025
(Above) The view west across Catlodge and looking towards Sron a Ghoire and Carn Liath. Patchy snow cover continues to thaw and recede and at present is pinnned back to locations above 800m on North to East aspects.
(Above) The ENE through to ESE aspects of Coire a Chriochairein. Cloudy all morning with periods of light mizzle. Summit temperatures didn’t get lower than +2 degrees C overnight and topped out at +6 during the afternoon.
(Above) Raeburn’s Gully, Pinnacle Buttress and the Post Face of Coire Ardair. Grey rock and khaki-coloured vegetation abounds.
(Above) The Pinnacle, Easy Gully and the Post Face. Easy Gully remains complete (just) but is now quite narrow with active waterfalls on both sides.
(Above) The crags of the Inner Coire of Coire Ardair and The Window. Minor cornice line still in place top centre of the photograph.
(Above) A lobe of recent cornice debris at the entrance to ‘Cinderella’, a NNE-facing low grade gully in the Inner Coire and part of it visible in the previous photo.
(Above) Recent cornice debris on the crag apron of the ENE-facing Bellevue Buttress above Lochain a Choire in Coire Ardair. What cornices we have remaining will remain weak and prone to collapse in the present and forthcoming mild/warm weather. For much the same reasons rockfall will also be also a consideration if venturing close to steep crags in our area.
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