In reply to kwoods:
> Buachaille's RH spur above Coire na Tulaich is snow free, but there's a short section of hard snow just prior to the summit. I took a relative novice along this who had no issue with it.
Hard snow... Got there and it was
ultra hard, and any existing steps were shallow and small and sloping the wrong way. I had to chop a ladder of buckets to get everyone up safely to the bealach - but after that was a cracking summer's day