Ben Nevis gullies
21st March 2025
As forecast it got much warmer today with the freezing level well above the summits overnight and during the day. There were a couple of rock and ice fall events heard in the thawing conditions. Any rime and superficial snow cover that had been on steep shady aspects has now melted leaving patchy snow and ice. It was a bit hazy and the summits were mainly cloud free so it was a good chance to see what snow and ice remains in the gullies and corries on Ben Nevis.
Pictures of the main gullies that I could see from left to right and then a few more general photos.
Zero Gully
Point 5 Gully
Gardyloo Gully
The narrow gully at the top of the picture is Tower Gully with the wider gully lower down being Observatory Gully.
Garadh Gully
Number 2 Gully
Number 3 Gully
Number 5 Gully
The Castle Gullies
Tower Ridge
Corrie na Ciste
Snow cover in the Lochaber area on the 19th March. The whitest bit is the Aonach Mor summit plateau, just left of centre. There was only a thin covering of snow here which will thaw in the mild conditions today and tomorrow which will leave snow mainly in high North to East facing corries and gullies.
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Roy Taylor
21st March 2025 6:21 pm
Many thanks for the blogs and forecasts to all the folks in SAIS. Sad to see such a lack of snow and ice on Ben Nevis at this time of year.
lochaberadmin
21st March 2025 7:40 pm
Thanks Roy. I’m sure it’s the least snow I’ve seen at this time of year.