Crunchy plateau
16th January 2026
A bright morning before the clouds rolled in from the South. Underfoot conditions are very similar to yesterday. A mix of breakable crust, and firm snow. The plateau is also a variety of rocks covered in lumpy chunks of ice along with crunching through a breakable crust with stretches of firm snow.
The top of Jacobs Ladder, Coire an t-Sneachda.
A climber at the top of Aladdin’s Couloir.
By late morning cloud began to roll in from the South.
More views of the coire rim of Sneachda, the top of the Goat track to the right.
Coire an t-Sneachda.
Beinn Mheadhoin.
Avalanche debris now covered with new snow. This avalanche occured during the thaw a few days ago. It was full depth and ran all the way to the coire floor. The crown wall was from Windy col to half way across the crag apron of Mess of Potage.
The summit of Cairngorm.
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