Went with the Edinburgh Hillwalkers group for a walk up Cruach Ardrain and Beinn Tulaichean. Awesome conditions! Dry and cloudy at the start of the walk, and the snowline was at about 300m. As we climbed up the mountain the sun came out and snow started melting. I saw my first ever avalanche! Albeit a small one, some snow dislodged itself in from a small gully and a few snow boulders tumbled 30 meters in our direction. We were out of the gully so no major worries, but very interesting to see.
As we climbed up the final ascent, the wind picked up and spindrift swept over the snow and was blasted into our faces, but with goggles on we continued. After reaching the summit of Beinn Tulaichean we decided not to go for Cruach Ardrain and just to head down, shortly after leaving the summit the winds dropped and then it was a leisurely stroll in the sunshine and snow to get to the bottom of the hill.
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