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do you think winter coirre or coire fee will be in this weekend? how much freeze thaw has been going on up there? more thaw than freeze i would have thought. given the wind direction i think winter coirre could be a good option. Henning if you are there, any thought?

In reply to franksnb:

More freeze than thaw I'd have thought!

In reply to franksnb: i mean a few freeze thaws are normally required to form good ice in that glen. recently I don't know if the thaws have been to severe. obviously there is a freeze atm.

Hi Frank, it has snowed a lot yesterday and will snow today but the wind is easterly so a lot of snow will be on the western sides which are prone to avalanche. Also in Aberdeen it was 4 degrees yesterday at one stage in the evening so maybe a brief micro thaw at 400 m but overall there was little thaw-freeze, thus:
- There will be little ice due to thaw/freeze but there might be some in places where there is running water as it was cold all week. Impossible to predict diagonal gully and you have to have a very careful look to ensure it is not avalanchy.
- Buttress routes might be OK.
Good luck!

In reply to franksnb:

Anyone been up winter corrie or coire fee recently, wondering if its worth a jaunt up this weekend

In reply to franksnb: was up there last Sunday and it was good. Imagine there will still be enough ice and snow up there to go at this weekend.

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In reply to franksnb: Does anyone have any updates?

In reply to MG: we did buttress route which was in good nick

In reply to franksnb: had a walk into coire fee on sunday 3rd, look c gully was in poor repair.

In reply to franksnb:Winter Corrie wasn't too bad - http://www.flickr.com/photos/38420795@N04/8441736287/in/photostream

In reply to Brian: well it doesn't look good either now does it