It was a cracking day with light winds and plenty of sun. In Lochnagar, buttress routes look a bit blacker lower down with some very white exits! Gullies have plenty in them. There is still good cover of snow above 850 metres. After a drop in the freezing level the snow cover is very firm.

Black Spout still full. West Gully still holding ice.

Summit, looking towards the Cairngorms.

Paul Noble