In reply to al jackson:
Was up there yesterday, bomber neve, some good WI had formed but after we had climbed the route and returned to the base to grab our packs it had started to drip and there was water running behind it, the conditions just got better and better on the way up!
There is a monster cornice at the top of the left gully which we avoided by heading up and left... i left an update on the lakes winter conditions post which Mountain Llama linked above