Scottish Highlands Snowpatch Survey, Aug 2014

Scottish Highlands Snowpatch Survey

Friday 22 Aug 2014

Creag Meagaidh

Snowpatch area 1 (Coire Ardair - Easy Gully) - approx. OS grid ref. NN 433 878

No. of snowpatches: 9 (3 > 10m, about 6-7 < 10m, some very small)

 

Snowpatch area 2 (Coire Ardair - Raeburn's Gully) - approx. OS grid ref. NN 434 875

No. of snowpatches: 2 (1 > 10m, 1 < 10m)

 

Snowpatch area 3 (Coire Ardair - southeast of Puist Coire Ardair) - approx. OS grid ref. NN 438 873

No. of snowpatches: 2 (all < 10m)

 

Snowpatch area 4 (North of the summit plateau of Creag Meagaidh) - approx. OS grid ref. NN 425 878

No. of snowpatches: 5 (all < 10m)

   

Snowpatch area 5 (northwest of the summit of Creag Meagaidh) - approx. OS grid ref. NN 415 875 & NN 405 873

No. of snowpatches: 5 (2 > 10m, 3< 10m)

   

Snowpatch area 6 (southeast of Carn Dearg, above Loch Roy) - approx. OS grid ref. NN 413 891

No. of snowpatches: 1 (1 > 10m)

   

Snowpatch area 7 (Coire Chomharsain) - approx. OS grid ref. NN 445 871 & NN 446 869

No. of snowpatches: 2 (2 > 10m)

Carn Dearg; Coire Odhar (north of Ben Alder)

Approx. OS grid ref. NN 510 770

No. of snowpatches: 1 (1 > 10m)

   

Geal-Charn; Coire Cheap (north of Ben Alder)

Approx. OS grid ref. NN 475 752

No. of snowpatches: 3, possibly 4 (difficult to estimate size)

   

Beinn Eibhinn

Approx. OS grid ref. NN 443 738

No. of snowpatches: 4 (4 > 10m, and 1 very small patch)

   

Beinn a'Chaorainn

Snowpatch area 1 (Coire Buidhe) - approx. OS grid ref. NN 384 864

No. of snowpatches: 2 (1 small patch, 1 very small patch)

   

Snowpatch area 2 (south of summit of Beinn a'Chaorainn) - approx. OS grid ref. NN 387 847

No. of snowpatches: 2 (1 > 10m , 1 < 10m)