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Current Cuillen conditions

Current Cuillen conditions


Postby SwaleyP » Wed Apr 10, 2013 5:15 pm

Hi,

Anyone know what the current conditions are like on trhe Cuillen and in particular the Inn Pin. Going up it in approx 2 weeks time.?

Cheers
Pete
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Re: Current Cuillen conditions

Postby ciderpeter » Thu Apr 11, 2013 12:18 pm

Was up the Pinn on Friday and the climb was fine - only a couple of patches of snow on the Pinn itself in the cracks but nothing to make the climb difficult, small patch right on the top, but again if roped it wont cause a problem. On the walk in we used crampons on the very top of the ridge and to get down to the base of the Pinn, the way down we used them probably down to about 800m, but the snow was melting pretty fast. No idea if it has snowed again since.

Last Monday on Bruach na Frithe there was snow from about 500m up, needing crampons, but that is nearly 2 weeks ago - so no idea what the condition will be like now sorry!

Edit: I actually uploaded a couple of albums to Facebook last night which probably show the conditions quite nicely... Here...
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Re: Current Cuillen conditions

Postby SwaleyP » Fri Apr 12, 2013 9:30 pm

Thanks, really appreciate your update..
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