Ledge Route, Ben Nevis

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Today I took Craig who is on day 1 of a mountaineering course up Ledge Route II on Ben Nevis. On the walk in the weather was mild but started to snow as we got towards the CIC Hut. There was evidence of an avalanche in Number 5 Gully and fresh snow had fallen on top of it. A quick assessment of the snowpack and I was happy it was safe. We got onto Ledge Route and the snow was deep in places. Fortunately there was a team in front breaking trail (thanks guys) and had a great time in good conditions. We descended the west side of Carn Dearg above the half way lochan and there were quite a number of pockets of windslab but they were easily avoidable.

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