It's a busy Easter weekend on the hills in Lochaber, despite the mixed weather. Al, Mark and I walked into Coire na Ciste on Ben Nevis and climbed the classic No 3 Gully Buttress, a nice varied route with good exposure near the top. Lots of people already about with even more piling into the corrie below us, many following behind. Other climbers were on Two Step Corner, Thompson's Route and we bumped into Heike and Brian who climbed Diana (which looked thin but good).
Walking up the Allt a Mhuilinn it was on the chilly side of mild but as we ascended in to the corrie there was a marked rise in temperature. High on the route there was the sound of thawing all around and descending the Red Burn our crampons balled up continuously indicating damp snow. With the rise in temperatures and rain forecast for Monday the snow pack and cornices will become unstable until (hopefully) a refreeze.
The last photo shows the damage inflicted upon a large boulder by rocks brought down from above in the huge avalanche a few weeks ago. It was a big slide and lots of stuff came with it!
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