The North West has been the place to be this week with much better snow conditions than anywhere else. On Thursday I visited Beinn Alligin and climbed a new turfy, mixed route (Christening IV,4) on the buttress to the right of Diamond Fire.
The temperature rose by at least 8 degrees throughout the day and I would be surprised if there hasn’t been avalanche activity in the NW since then. Although the more coastal regions have had less snow than elsewhere, they have still suffered from the omni-present buried surface hoar.
