A pattern of mild thaw below about 1000m continues across the West & Southern Highlands. Snow falls yesterday and last night have not been very significant and where deposits of fresh windslab exist they appear to be reasonably shallow and moderately well bonded to the older, moist and generally stable snow pack underneath.

Micheal and I have been getting into some fine parts of the Southern and Western Highlands doing some winter mountaineering training. Yesterday we descended off the NE ridge of Stob Coire nan Lochain into the magical 'Lost Valley', Glencoe. Today in Coire Gaothach on Ben Lui the snow was soft with a shallow fresh layer on top. Central Gully appeared to have a significant cornice but it was hard to tell as the summit ridge had a constant companion of a cloak of mist.

More photos of Lost Valley Buttress, Glencoe and Central Gully, Ben Lui.