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Any reports from, Lochnagar, Dubh Loch, Shelterstone areas.

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pete123 15 Jan 2013

With not much Winter experience in those areas, apart from the Shelterstone I would appreciate any feedback. My other options are Beinn Eighe,and other north west coast areas.
Cheers in advance.

Pete

hwackerhage 16 Jan 2013

In reply to pete123:

It snowed a lot on Sunday in the East but for the ice routes (Vertigo Wall) more thaw/freeze is needed. Turfy and mixed routes should be good although some will be buried...

Bonito 16 Jan 2013

In reply to pete123:
Photos from Monday earlier this week on SAIS blog for South Cairngorms,
http://saisscairngorms.blogspot.co.uk/?m=1

jameshiggins 16 Jan 2013

In reply to pete123: So you are considering east, west and north west. Well that pretty much covers it!

Seriously though, I was on Lochnagar on Sunday and it was pretty wintry. Snowing throughtout the day. Turf was excellent on the Cathedral area. Have a look at the UKc logbook to see what was climbed at the weekend. I can't imagine there will be much to go at in Dubh Loch just yet.

Jim

OP pete123 16 Jan 2013

In reply to jameshiggins: Yea, I was planning on traveling up near applecross then over to Lochnagar area. The more info I can gt the better I gues! I've checked all blogs ex, so thanks again for all your feedback.

Pete