Blue skies and stable weather are back for a few days so I went up to Steall above Glen Nevis to look for bits of ice to play on, other than Steall Falls which contained 26 climbers when I visited.
Not surprising this, as the snow pack conditions are still very unstable and people are wisely choosing low level options. The weak layer formed of buried hoar frost crystals will mostly remain present as a bit of a ticking time bomb until the snow warms through or gets saturated and refrozen.
I decided to give the melee a miss and go for a nice walk instead. I did find some nice ice though, but I'm not saying where. Certainly people have been there already.
Evidence of avalanche activity is visible on the slopes above Coire Eoghainn of Ben Nevis, as well as lots of point release debris lower down in the valley. This being cause by snow and ice falling off warming rocks and initiating an accumulating slide down the slope.
In Glencoe the slopes above the west face of Aonach Dubh have avalanched and left a very long crown wall visible from the road.
Have a look at Alex Roddie's picture:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4344923&l=b799384d81&id=285400308
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=4344924&l=7815fc22a3&id=285400308
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