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http://ncairngormsblog.sais.gov.uk/2021/02/more-debris/

How many of have kitted up or stood and chatted right in the path of that thinking we were pretty safe because of the low angle and rocky nature of the surrounding slopes? Or at least assumed that any threat would come from the Great Slab?

Makes you think don't it?

Thankfully not many of us would go there during a big thaw

Yes, there is that but it shows there is risk in a place people might consider safe.

And how many of us might have wandered in just for a look and stood there discussing cafe options?

True, that does sound familiar

Isn't this a well known avalanche slab in spring thaw conditions?  

Have you seen todays blog - An unexpected scuba diver emerges from the Lochain.

See bottom photo, bizarre  http://ncairngormsblog.sais.gov.uk/2021/02/mild-and-sunny-2/

Well, i wont be complaining about the weight on my back any more ! That must have been a heavy carry..

It's actually not the great slab which went, the avalanche came down climbers left of the slab.

Went for a wee bimble and had a look at it today. 

Crown wall c1.5m

Trying to post a photo of it but can't see it, can anyone else?

Seems to be there now.

That is hardcore.

Thanks

Bonkers!

In reply to geode:

Funnily enough I read that piece about the Dylatov pass incident. 

Slope angle below crown wall c30 degrees so yes, avalanches expected but it's unusual because the slope in general is not avalanche prone and the release was from accumulations above.