Warm and Very Wet!!!

Today I was joined by Jack and Keith who had booked on a 3 day West Highlands Winter Skills Course. They both have some experience in a winter environment although had always been out with more experience mates or been guided and wanted to give themselves the judgment to travel safely off their own back.

With a horrendous forecast of +3 at 900m, heavy rain, storm force 100mph winds and a high avalanche risk on slopes facing NE – SE we  picked our way up into Stob Corrie Nan Lochan where we had a look at personal movement skills as well as Ice Axe Breaking. Once all of this had been covered and we were sufficiently drenched from the heavy rain we decided to head up towards the summit are to see if the winds were as bad as forecast. Luckily there was very little wind which enabled us to traverse along the top of the Corrie before dropping back down and negotiating the very swollen streams on the trek back to the car. Let’s hope for that better forecast tomorrow as well as a good drying room tonight.