Easter Monday
5th April 2021
Covid -19
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Snow and the return to winter on Easter Monday feels outrageous… however its not extraordinary at all and most of the local hill farmers up this way will echo that sentiment. In their wisdom they have good reason for not planning their lambing until later in April. It’s been a wild day on the hill with blizzard conditions with much of the snow falling and drifting onto bare ground. However unstable windslab is deepening and becoming more widespread above 700 metres on wind sheltered terrain. Some ice is forming on stream banks, wet paths and other water courses. There have been occasional bright periods too, giving us glimpses of the lower summits.
Our view from the office, Creag Dhubh, Beinn Eighe.
A momentary glimpse of Liathach.
About as good a view as I could get on the hill this morning, looking out from Stuc Coire an Laoigh.
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