In reply to Zarba:
no idea of condition on the ground, though at a guess I would say tomorrow is probably a b it premature? the ice formed remarkably quickly before xmas in the mini 'big freeze' we had, but then it was REALLY cold ie getting below -10 in corries at night. at the moment at that altitude it has only been a few degrees below zero for a week or so. by all means go for a walk though and tell us! there will probably be enough snow in the gullies even if there I no meaningfull ice