In reply to aldo56:
Work mate just got back , lots of snow on the tops from the look of his photos , he said defo need crampons e,c,t but can't comment on the snow condition as he never made it up due to being with his misis and no crampons e,c,t he did say he met two climbers who told then to turn back , they seemed to think it was on if that helps p,s looks like he got clear blue skys , lucky git