This is the eighth 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.
In reply to UKC News: well done on Agags, think I've tried to catch that in real nick 3 times in 15 years and always failed. good to hear a modern grade, buachaille rock is more friendly that aspect
In reply to Erik B: I saw the photos of Agag's that appeared on UKC last week and thought it looked great - it's funny that after years of it being a bit of "mystery route" in winter it gets a bunch of ascents so quickly. Good effort to all those who did it.
Great news, brilliant to see Agags getting done and also to see the grade settle down a bit. The weather in some of those pics looks pretty horrible though!
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