Scottish Highlands Snowpatch Survey, Aug 2015

Scottish Highlands Snowpatch Survey

Saturday 22 Aug 2015

Creag Meagaidh

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

No. of snowpatches: 4 (4 > 10m)

 

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

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

No. of snowpatches: 9 (3 > 10m, 6 < 10m)

 

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

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

No. of snowpatches: 13 (8 > 10m, 5 < 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 & NN 450 867

Snowpatch area 8 (Bealach a'Choire, east of Sròn a'Choire) - approx. OS grid ref. NN 456 878

No. of snowpatches: 7 (2 > 10m, 5 < 10m)

 

Snowpatch area 9 (Coire a'Chriochairein) - approx. OS grid ref. NN 442 893

No. of snowpatches: 2 (2 < 10m)

   

Snowpatch area 10 (Coire an t-Slugain, east of Meall a'Chaorainn Mòr) - approx. OS grid ref. NN 487 923

No. of snowpatches: 1 (1 < 10m)

   

Snowpatch area 11 (Garbh Choire, northeast of Stob Poite Coire Ardair) - approx. OS grid ref. NN 434 896

No. of snowpatches: 3 (1 > 10m, 2 < 10m)

 

Snowpatch area 12 (Coire nan Gall, east of Carn Liath) - approx. OS grid ref. NN 486 908

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

   

Geal Charn, Ardverikie Forest

Snowpatch area 1: Coire an lubhair Mòr, east of Geal Charn - approx. OS grid ref. NN 508 812

No. of snowpatches: 7 (5 > 10m, 2 < 10m)

   

Beinn Eibhinn

Snowpatch area 1: Coire Gorm, northwest of Beinn Eibhinn - approx. OS grid ref. NN 443 738

Snowpatch area 2: Coire a'Charra Mhòir, north of Beinn Eibhinn - approx. OS grid ref. NN 448 735

No. of snowpatches: 7 (7 < 10m)

   

Beinn a'Chaorainn

Snowpatch area 1 (Coire Buidhe, north of Beinn a'Chaorainn) - approx. OS grid ref. NN 384 864

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

   

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

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