Drier conditions return after a fairly heavy thaw.

Buachaille Etive Beag

Meall a Bhuiridh and Sron na Creise 

Stob Coire Sgreamhach to Aonach Dubh

Strong winds and frequent heavy snow showers have affected the area

Stob Coire nam Beith and An t Sron

Stob Dearg Buachaille Etive Mor

Three sisters looking West

Aonach Eagach looking East

Return to more wintery conditions

Snow showers affected the area this afternoon Coire na Tulaich

Rain and mild conditions

A few snowy images of Glen Coe today.

Rain is forecast at all levels tomorrow.

West Summit of Bidean man Bian

Colder conditions improved the climbing conditions

Stob Coire nan Lochan, day 2.

Not much change in Stob Coire an Lochan today. A few snow flurries overnight and through the day gave the cliffs a slightly whiter appearance.

 The crags of Stob Coire nan Lochan.

 Looking up Boomerang Gully.

 Looking back down into the depths of the Glen.

A tasty Christmas treat in the snow. 

Stob Coire nan Lochan

Moist snow today with varying depths in Coire nan Lochan, often deep.

It was a much milder day with rain at most levels, some sleet and wet snow on the highest summits.

Strong Westerly winds blowing melt water back up.

The visibility was poor as was the mountain conditions in Glencoe today.

However the ski area managed to stay open!!

Glencoe Ski Patroller Keith examining a shear layer

Snow levels lowered slightly in the afternoon

The snowpack is firm and generally stable but it was very windy today.

A cold crisp day.

A hard frost refroze the moist snowpack

The cloud base was at around 700 metres for most of the day.

The snow is thawing below 850 metres.

Note the back buttresses compared with Yesterday

Thawing Ice! see yesterday photo

The only ray of sunshine

West face of Aonach Dubh

Stob Dearg looking into Coire na Tulaich

Stob Dearg showing Great Gully, North Buttres and Crowberry Gully

Ice is starting to thaw

Above 600 metres poor visibility and white conditions

It was a cold frosty start to the SAIS reporting season.

It has been below freezing for a number of days now which has stabilized the snowpack and left a lot of ice on paths and rocks.