Ben Tirran in a new year blizzard

[Ranger]

Sunshine and showers MWIS said. 60% CoCFM apparently.

Utter, utter, nonsense. Visibility up high started bad and got worse. We used the corries - Brandy and Whirral, as handrails to ensure we didnt get lost on the plateau. Still needed the compass to reach the trig point after waiting 20 minutes for a sight of Loch Whirral - from the top of the crags above - for alignment!

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Unexpected dusting of snow - very nice!

Good path, a wee bit misty, but sure to blow over....

And then there's the sunshine, as promised, all will be good soon!

Loch Brandy, wind was now howling, but mist rising a bit, still no sun though!

Weather closes in, and stays in!

Interesting little defile, a gash in the crags above Loch Brandy

More defile. A place for summer bivvy. Not today though. Still no sun!

An hour of blizzard later, we make the trig point of Ben Tirran.

[Tomsie]

Thats quite a drift at the trig, well done doesnt look easy.

[Ranger]

Thats quite a drift at the trig, well done doesnt look easy.

Probably the worst blizzard I've been in - bit of a good-weather walker mind so thats not saying much

Glad it was only Ben Tirran I was climbing. My pal had to take his glasses off as they were balling up with snow - on the inside of the lens as well as the outside!

[Alastair S]

Sunshine and showers MWIS said. 60% CoCFM apparently.

Utter, utter, nonsense.

That 60% also tempted me out & like you I got 3 hours of snow & nae views. They were also way off with the winds. 50 - 80mph predicted when in fact at 818m it was only 25-35. Still it was good to get out

My pal had to take his glasses off as they were balling up with snow - on the inside of the lens as well as the outside!

Ski goggles needed I think

[kevsbald]

Cracking defiles!

[Collaciotach]

Ach if you had a Celtic scarf on it would have been wall to wall sunshine .... good report , pics and a Hoopy New year

[mountain thyme]

Ach if you had a Celtic scarf on it would have been wall to wall sunshine .... good report , pics and a Hoopy New year

[Johnny Corbett]

Ach if you had a Celtic scarf on it would have been wall to wall sunshine .... good report , pics and a Hoopy New year

Showing your true colours now Mountain Thyme

[chopper1982]

good effort mate looks pretty wild from the pics!