Snow, ice and quartzite

Mark and Eddies' last day, Stob Ban by the North Ridge. The morning started blue and clear and crunchy underfoot but by mid day a veil of high cloud had slid insidiously over head and the sky threatened from the west. By mid afternoon wind and dry snow was blowing in, but that was ok because by then we were walking down and had it all at our backs.
Pockets of soft slab were evident all round, more significantly on the north side of the Stob Ban - Sgurr an lubhair col where, whilst on benign ground, we were easily able to pop plaques of slab off.
Thanks boys. Happy Mountaineering!