How the weather can change by gaining just a few hundred metres of height. This is taken just beyond the top of our first summit on Friday. Leaving Carn Liath behind us, it was a fairly long, poor visibility, snowy walk along the ridge to the next summit - quite the mouthful - Stob Poite Coire Ardair. No wind, which is always a blessing in the hills. You can see the remains of an old fence to the right of the image, which was a very useful 'handrail' as it pretty much lead us to the next summit. However, we are always wary of following anything as it doesn't always take you where you expect ... a compass check every now and then is always worthwhile. In this case we could have trusted the fence posts though.
Ee, that visibility is not great, is it? I always think the view is my reward for climbing all the way up there and get slightly grumpy when the view is snatched away by the weather! Nice shot.
Looks so evocative - I'm going to differ from @kjarn and @casablanca in that I'd have been quite excited to be enclosed by that atmospheric mistiness! Although I'd want to be with someone who knows what they're doing!
Not somewhere that you want to veer off course. I'm sure that it is quite easy to loose your bearings up there and definitely a good idea to have a compass with you to ensure that you stay on track.
Ooh so cold and bleak it looks! You definitely need to be with someone who knows what they are doing. I would need the view I think after all your efforts.
I think your great experience as climbers would be vital that day….it looks quite dangerous unless you know what you’re doing….I would be scared being so closed in by that weather. Good job you’re not going this week as the forecast is for cold & snow.
Great shot!