British Rail Snow; what’s going to happen? 27th January
We’ve avoided the dreaded deep powder so far this season but yesterdays dump means hard work until some consolidation happens. Our battle weary legs couldn’t face trawling so Matt with Will and myself with Ian all opted for Sgurr an Fheadain. A 40 minute approach and thinly covered ridge made great sense.
The mighty Sgurr an Fheadain, all 688m of it!
We found great conditions low down with the slabs coated in solid ice and snow giving great foot placements all the way.
Ian starting to enjoy this mixed terrain
Eventually we reached the point where only powder lay but this just added a bit of spice to the wonderful summer scrambling
Will looking at home on the narrow arete
and Ian not looking down.
Skye-lining it.
The thin clouds rolled in & out all day and Ian finally got the sun/snow combo he deserved.
Ian needed an early finish so we left Will & Matt to head off into the sunshine for the views.
Matt caught lying down on the job; Bidean behind.
The strange meteorological conditions for the week ahead make predictions very difficult. At the moment there is tooo much powder for my liking. A brief thaw is possible (and needed) on Sunday. If that happens we’ll be in clover for the folowing week which suggests that the cold air will dominate
