Following Sundays and last nights dump of snow it is very slow going out in the hills with dangerously loaded slopes as we found out today. Looking at the weather and avalanche forecasts we decided to head out for a look on West Face of Anoach Mor heading up on the first Gondola. Leaving the lift station we were breaking trail taking it in turns with a local guide out front putting a trench in. The strong headwind was blasting us constantly with spindrift which made the going tough. As we started to strike up to our chosen route we found an alarming amount of very unstable snow which was forming due to cross loading. We decided to call it a day at this point and headed back to the Gondola to find it had been closed due to the high winds.
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