Shh.. Don't tell anyone..!

I suspect I'll be up on that route before too long too, not sure how to put it together unless I can persuade Dan to have another go. Mind you, when Telemarker finally gets back from Norway and Steelytail has fixed his busted arm...

Getting badly off the snow patch topic, but I have been unsure about best route off Macdui.? - Etchachan or Sron Riach.

Wondered if Sron Riach might be faster, as it runs off steadily to Luibeg, and has a better riding surface perhaps from Luibeg to Derry Lodge.? - Might even be faster than the Lairig route as a traverse of the Gorms.

Up Ben More (Crianlarich) this morning and the Cuidhe Chrom patch still in good nick.

The patch was 103m long and I reckon mid-July is a realistic melt date for Britain's most southerly snow patch.

If anyone wants to see a piccy (I can't log in here and it's a pain) then you can see it at Netweather: [www.netweather.tv]

Terrific tour of the high Cairngorms today doing a snow patch survey. Started at the car park and walked up into Coire an t-Sneachda. Up into Coire Domhain then round the back of Ben MacDui via Lochan Buidhe.

Then ventured onto the summit of MacDui (in thick mist) down into the snowy corrie and around Shelter Stone to above Hell's Lum. Then over by the Stag Rocks round the back of Cairn Gorm to Ciste Mhearad. Dropped back into the car park via the normal path down. Probably about 15-miles all told, and never below 3000-feet (save for the start and the end).

Some huge patches still around, and the snowy corrie on MacDui in very, very good nick. A slide show of the day's proceedings can be found here: [www.flickr.com]

Well done Firefly ! It's always nice to watch some great pics of the Scottish hills, especially with some nice

neves = snow patches.

Excellent tour of Aonach Beag and Aonach Mor yesterday to see the condition of the snows. Pretty much identical to 2007. Possibly a tad more than this time last year, but not much to choose.

Some of the gullies are choked with snow, preventing access down to the corries to get a proper look. Easy Gully on Aonach Mor and the goat track access on Aonach Beag are absolutely loaded (see images).

[www.flickr.com]

Right, who thinks the main basin top patch will outlast the spring run?!! [www.glencoelive.com] Suggestions on final melt date?

I say it'll be the Spring Run: 20th July.

> Right, who thinks the main basin top patch will outlast the spring run?

yup - though I reckon the fly-paper patch will be last to go

was up white corries on saturday - and pleased to see 5 big patches of snow remaining. can still see them on www cam (main basin / spring run / flypaper / rannoch wall & baillies). plus there was still a tiny 4 foot patch hanging on in the canyon

The snow lasted on the Goose till 5th July:


It's all gone now
[summitpark.eu]


go slide....



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Sorry if this has been mentioned already but I noticed that (in the latest edition of Weather) the number of surviving snow patches for last year was 9, the largest for a few years.

Michael G Wrote:
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> Sorry if this has been mentioned already but I
> noticed that (in the latest edition of Weather)
> the number of surviving snow patches for last year
> was 9, the largest for a few years.

The most since 2000, in fact. I went to 6 of them, and they were bleedin' difficult to get at!

II, I'm having difficulty placing the photo of the last of the snow. Can you help me get my bearings please? I walked up the Goose in summer several years back but I can't relate to the photo. Can't make out any tows

Helen

about here: [tinyurl.com] at the very top of the gully

Thanks II, I get it now. The perspective of the shot fooled me. I thought it was of a much larger area

Helen