Unlucky or Poor Decisions?
Today Stu and I triggered a slide on the West Face of Aonach Mor. Why? Here are my thoughts Last night we looked at the SAIS forcast This showed that the W/SW aspects were the least likely to be affected with a forecast of LOW We chose to go to The West Face of Aonach Mor and climb a route called Golden Oldy (II). This would have put us on the lower risk side of the mountain. Winds were forecast as low speed Easterly and picking up during the afternoon. This of course would move snow over to the west during the day but hopefully later in the day. Our plan was simple. Skin up to the summit of Anoach Mor, ditch skis, either down climb Downhill Gully (1) or walk round to the Aonach Mor/Aonach Beag beleach and approach the routes from there. These would mean we did not have to carry skis and they would be at the top for our descent. During our planning phase we had considered the weather, the party (2 competent mountaineers) and the terrain During the ...