Went for a look at the North Face area of the Ben today to see what's what for upcoming work. The snow line is much more spring like after the rain and change to mild conditions at the start of the week. The temperature is very summery however and due to get even milder with MWIS forecasting 11 Celsius at 900m on Sunday. With conditions like this ice routes are going to start to loose their grip on the mountain and cornices are going to get very saggy; I noticed blocky avalanche debris emanating from No 2 Gully area.
Tower Ridge still looks good higher up, Point 5, Zero, Green and Orion Direct look ok but I expect will be pretty soft. The top car park at the Allt a Mhuillinn was busy so people are certainly getting out and doing things.
I sought out the "antique" boiler that I came across buried earlier in the winter and it's now free of snow. It's situated just west of the burn right at the end of the fall line from Gardyloo Gully and has certainly come from the observatory on the summit. I think it might have been a water or oil tank with a feed at the top and a drain at the bottom.
In Glencoe conditions are similar, with lots of snow still in the corries and looking wintery enough high up, althought the crags look fairly black.
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