Well done, that man!
Looks like the best hope now is for the remaining snow to be covered by what falls this week. If this cold spell passes without a reasonable covering on GUB then it won't take more than a couple of days of mild, wet weather to finish it off? That said, the patches should firm up very nicely in this northerly blast of cold weather.
I believe that the protalus patch on Aonach Mor will also still be there, but very small.
Given the weather this morning [
www.highland-instinct.co.uk] , it looks as though all areas have received a decent covering of new snow. Nevis looks white down to about 2000-ft, but Observatory Gully and Point 5 Gully should both be nicely covered.
I would say that the 3 GCM patches are certainties to survive, as is Aonach Beag. Observatory Gully is more-or-less assured (barring a disaster), and the remaining ones (protalus at Aonach Mor, Point 5 on Nevis and Garbh Uisge Beag on Macdui) still on the critical list.
I think that by the end of the cold spell we should know pretty much what will and won't survive.
Fingers crossed.
*EDIT* - The possibility of a small patch at Gardyloo Gully on Nevis (as per coaster's picture) is still present. I'll leave that to coaster to decide as to whether or not he thinks that is 'old' snow, as I wasn't there when he took it. Certainly the patch was there in late August when we went, and fairly deep looking.
Edited 1 times. Last edit at 08.20hrs Mon 27 Oct 08 by firefly.
Don't forget your shovel!
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