Very mild and damp.
31st March 2026
13 degrees C. at Aberarder when returning from the hill at about lunchtime today and aircon turned to ‘cold’ for the journey home. (That was the ambition but the A/C doesn’t work very well so was actually more like tepid). Really mild and quite drizzly at the business end of Coire Ardair this morning and was not at all surprised to see some avalanche activity. Nothing big but the base of the crags in the Inner Coire and some of the gullies – especially Easy Gully – are littered with debris from overnight avalanches and cornice collapses.
If you read the text of these reported avalanches on our website you’ll notice that all of them are referred to as ‘transitional’. This is a handy term to describle avalanches that are triggered by the sudden change from cold weather and drifting to mild conditions and, quite often, rain. In general, snow doesn’t like change and the faster the change the less it likes it.
There was some noticeable improvement in stability after these events but wet snow instability will persist for a time on Wednesday before the onset of much colder conditions. There may be so late windslab development too at this time but we’re not expecting much.
(Above) Sron a Ghoire et al, summits in mist, this afternoon.
(Above) Coire nan Gall and Coire Dubh from the A86 roadside.
(Above) The top of Easy Gully. Wet snow avalanche debris from the E-facing Post Face above.
(Above) The bottom of Easy Gully. Recent avalanche debris below South Post, Centre Post, and Staghorn Gully extreme right.
(Above) Generalised minor wet loose snow avalanche debris below the E-facing Bellevue Buttress.
(Above) The Inner Coire of Coire Ardair – The Window in mist extreme right. A fair amount of debris on the crag apron from a couple of avalanche events.
(Above) Looking down to Lochan a Choire from the Inner Coire. Recent avalanche debris just visible low in Raeburn’s Gully far right.
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