Out today with John and a Falkirk Community Trust Team of Doug, Gayle and Graham. With the freezing level forecast to be 900m or higher we headed up high to Stob Coire nan Lochan. This paid off and the crag was in pretty good condition. Gullies were generally firm snow or ice, turf was well frozen and the higher areas of crag were rimed.
Doug, Gayle and I climbed the classic Twisting Gully, which was in excellent condition, although busier than it had looked on approach.
John and Graham climbed Twisting Gully Right Fork, which was good, although the ice/snow could have been better around the top of the first ice fall. They then soloed down Broad Gully and climbed the sporting “left slanting chimney-groove” direct start to Dorsal Arete finishing up the arête.
There’d been a little fresh snow overnight and this was sitting on top of the well consolidated older snow. Some very light snow on a South-Easterly wind during the day. Below freezing at crag height all day, but very mild on the approach and descent from the coire.
