A blanket of soft snow
6th March 2026
After a night of snowfall on Northerly winds it cleared into a stunning day. Once again the old snowpack refroze and is now very firm and today’s cold temperatures have left new snow soft and unconsolidated. Gale force Southerly winds are expected over the next 24 hours. This will lead to heavy drifting from the plateau with unstable windslab developing on Northerly aspects.
An interesting read – The Scottish avalanche forecasters – photo essay | Scotland | The Guardian
Views from Cairngorm looking West across the plateau, note the fresh ski tracks on the South side of Sneachda.
From the West side of Cairngorm looking towards Coire an t-Sneachda.
From the South side of Cairngorm, views towards Coire Raibert.
The Eastern end of Loch Avon which is still frozen, Beinn Mheadhoin behind.
Carn Etchachan, The Shelter Stone Crag and Ben Macdui.
A small skier triggered avalanche on this convex slope, E side of Cairngorm.
At 800 metres a large walking party pick their way towards Loch Avon from The Saddle.
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Tony Stott
7th March 2026 4:38 pm
Hello, not your normal line of business but, I picked up a single Charlet-Moser crampon on the Cas Fiachaill today and left it in the Rangers office – there was no one in at the time. It has a badly faded name tag W Brown ? Its an expensive bit of kit to lose and whilst not the latest version it was in good condition
ncairngormsadmin
7th March 2026 7:34 pm
Thank you Tony, hopefully it will be reunited with its other crampon half.