All that's left of the snow ... for now! by jamibann

All that's left of the snow ... for now!

After following yesterday's fence line to the edge of the hill and dropping down, we encountered one of the remaining patches of snow (in these hills) on the north facing slope. As you can see it is soft and allowed us to dig our heels in so as not to slip. This kind of patch, though, when icy can be difficult to negotiate and sometimes requires the donning of crampons to cross safely if the slope is steep and the way round is too long!

Ben Rinnes in the background of this shot, and you can just see the ruins of Scalan (by a patch of trees, where the tracks converge) as well as the old college of Scalan and mill/farm buildings (right hand edge).
A stunning capture of this amazing landscape! It sure looks like a steep hill you have to get down! I love the rolling hills and tones.
December 19th, 2023  
oooh a thaw! Easier for walking.....though probably muddier!
December 19th, 2023  
Looks a bit tricky going down..
December 19th, 2023  
Good capture
December 19th, 2023  
That looks rather tricky
December 19th, 2023  
Careful
December 19th, 2023  
Hope you manage to stay upright and dont have any more falls just before Christmas
December 19th, 2023  
Wow! Just look at that scene ahead!
December 19th, 2023  
Beautiful with or without snow!
December 19th, 2023  
Fantastic shot!
December 19th, 2023  
Lovely view
December 19th, 2023  
A gorgeous sweeping view, and enough challenge to keep things interesting!
December 19th, 2023  
Brilliant clear capture of John? & a lovely view & description of the area. We can get a great idea of the lie of the land.
December 19th, 2023  
My goodness, the views and shots you capture are amazing!
December 19th, 2023  
A fantastic view. I'm wondering why the snow line is so perfectly straight?
December 19th, 2023  
you get to some great locations for your walks and photos Issi
December 19th, 2023  
Nicely caught.
December 19th, 2023  
Glorious view! What wonderful places you have to walk! I’ll have to look up Scalan.
Forgive me, I looked it up and it sounded familiar, then looked at yesterday’s post and you had already given the information! Sorry!
December 20th, 2023  
A tricky trip down.
December 20th, 2023  
Beautiful scenery. Just hope everything went well on the departure.
December 20th, 2023  
What an amazing view!
December 20th, 2023  
Fantastic, these scenes always make me so envious to be in the hills - haven't been out rambling even since early in the year
December 20th, 2023  
@busylady Yes, it 's just the way it melts. It will just have been a big deep drift, which, when melting, leaves banks of snow like this.
December 20th, 2023  
How amazing
December 20th, 2023  
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