Cold, crisp and clear.
11th April 2021
Covid -19
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Woke up to frozen car windscreens and it felt cold in the glen this morning. Then a bright crisp and clear day followed with only occasional summit cloud. There were not as many snow showers as expected. Winds were very light so it was a nice day to be on the hill. A surface crust is forming especially on sun exposed slopes where solar radiation has softened the snow surface during the day then the snow has refrozen overnight. This surface crust is not weight bearing yet so trail breaking away from established paths is still quite hard going. Localised unstable wind slab remains on steeper wind sheltered terrain on North-East through South to South-West aspects generally on higher ground above 800 metres.
Frosted gorse blossom and snowy Sgur Dubh and Slioch (980m) in the distance.
Blue skies above Creag Dhubh today.
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