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Great conditions up on the Ben at the moment, thick ice and neve up high. We did the curtain and southwest ridge, there were numerous teams on point 5 wish we were told was in good nick, vanishing gully has been done numerous times over the last 2 days.
1943 route and fawlty towers had a good build up of ice aswell.
There is however a lot of wind slab about and number 5 gully looked loaded with big cornices so take care heading up there.
Ice cascades were well formed aswell.
Guttered to have left but got work commitments!

In reply to chris smith:

The ice on vanishing isn't great. 2nd pitch was very sketchy on Saturday.

Point Five ice was good but the approach slopes were very deep and powdery and the upper slopes after the ice pitches were also hard work with fairly deep unconsolidated snow. Plenty of ice around on the top section for good ice screw protection though but hard going underfoot to make upward progress.

In reply to chris smith:
Check out our latest Scottish winter blog to find out the latest from Glencoe and Ben Nevis. Happy reading! http://wp.me/p14X6I-198

In reply to chris smith:

Not quite Ben Nevis, but there was good, if bold, mixed climbing on Twinkle and fantastic ice on Stand & Deliver on Aonach Beag. http://www.applemountaineering.co.uk/blog