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Anyone been on any mixed lines in the Cairngorms this week? Weather looks favorable for it so I'm weighing up a trip this w/e

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In reply to davkeo:

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In reply to baileyswalk:

had to watch that without sound but the msg is recieved. with the recent & forecast snow plus cold temps there must b something doing??

In reply to davkeo:
I'd doubt it, not mixed anyway, stuff high on the Ben is still looking good. Easy Gullies elsewhere above the freeze line. However, I would bow to someone with more experience, any excuse to post a 'Black Johnny' video really but I have logged this a few times:

No match for climb id:349250

In reply to baileyswalk:


Oh I didn't know it existed! Why no stars?!

In reply to davkeo:

mixed in the cairngorms isn't really a thing late season, the sun strips any rime extremely quickly even if its well below freezing. the easy gullies will be banked out and very easy but with monster cornices. some of the icy routes may have ice, but equally they may be buried in snow... I don't know where your coming from but the Ben is the place to be this time of year with the snow ice really coming into its own! all the grade V classics will be in good condition this weekend

In reply to Webster:

thanks for the replys, makes sense

yah i was on the ben 1.5 weeks back and the classics were really good. thought there might b an outside chance of something over east to go at.

In reply to baileyswalk:

might b a long way to go from Dublin to log that one

In reply to davkeo:

Loads of snow in the Cairngorms, and some routes still in really good nick. You will probably need to break trail and clear a lot of snow from the routes, but lots to do. Some big soft cornices above routes in Coire an Lochain.

In reply to andyinglis:

thanks andy uv restored sum faith in my conditions assessments

In reply to davkeo:

Aye there is loads of snow around about 750m, and with this week's cold temperatures things should be re-forming well. I've skied past some pretty icy looking formations last weekend!

Yeah I can confirm that the Message was in great condition on Sunday