Ben Nevis today. Pretty wild and wintery. On the hill practical element of the Avalanche Course for UHI students today. Trams on NE Buttress, Castle Ridge, SW Ridge of the Douglas Boulder, Curtain Rail, Waterfall Gully, someone headed to the Minus Face but came back down. Snow still deep and unconsolidated.
Ptarmigan
What are these
Here they are again
The 'Pit Boss' shovel
Digging a hole to bury someone in
Check that snow out!
Boy in a hole
Girl buried in a hole
Probe strike
Digging at the second site
First casualty found
Digging them out
14 minutes for probing around clues and digging 2 casualties out from 1.5m down in hard debris… guys are gasping with reason!
Rescued!
The ribena test shows the icey layer clearly
…and the graupel layer above too
Ben Nevis still buried
But a successful day for us!
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