This is the fourth of the 2010/11 season of Scottish winter conditions updates from Dan Goodwin of MountainPlan.com.
Dan gives a round up of what has been climbed, where good venues for the weekend might be and also some very important links to avalanche and weather information.
I know it's a honeypot but there's a hell of a lot more to the S. Highlands than Udlaidh!!! How about emailing a few S. Highlands suspects like Postie to get the overall picture?
The Coe itself is less reliable than many crags further South.
> There is often some nice pitches to the right of the main guidebook routes (looking up at the crag) !
And to the left (where we climbed yesterday on finding most of the main lines taken), but these northern icefalls (as we discovered later) get a passing mention in the guide. Enjoyable climbing with plenty of ice, but much of it hard and brittle.
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