Chasing snow - Winter Munro Hiking - Stob Coire Sgriodain & Chno Dearg

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Where did all the snow go? This hike felt like a search for the white stuff. I had my ice axe and crampons with me but only had to use them for ten minutes on the descent 08:55. Scotland and the rest of Europe has experienced wild swings in temperature this winter. Just ten days ago there was snow down to sea level and temperatures of -10C. This week Scotland recorded its highest ever January temperature of +19C. It seems clear to me that this is a result of a slack jet stream causing alternate plunges of cold air from the north followed by warm air from the south (climate change anyone?).

Anyway, onto the actual walk. These two little known munros lie to the east of Loch Treig and the Grey Corries ridge. You reach them from the tiny hamlet of Fersit. Although the snow had largely melted due to the warm air of recent days, the day of my hike saw a return to frosty conditions. This was great because the approach to the hills is very boggy but for me the boggy ground was frozen hard. It's a bit of a long slog to the first munro of Stob Coire Sgriodain 04:49 but the views at the top are sensational stretching all the way to Glen Coe in the south 03:23 and Knoydart to the west. There's also a great view along the length of the Grey Corries ridge all the way to Ben Nevis 08:28.

The second munro, Chno Dearg 05:44, is a bit of an undistinguished rounded lump but it turned out to be the highlight of the day because of the beautiful evening light. I had been a bit disappointed for the first half of the day - the forecast had been for sunshine but there was a high layer of thin cloud that wasn't creating the best conditions for good photography. You'll notice in the film that the shots covering Stob Coire Sgriodain are quite flat. But hang on until the end! The light on Chno Dearg at the end of the film made the long hike more than worth it.

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• CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:19 The ascent of Stob Coire Sgriodain
05:04 The ascent of Chno Dearg
08:52 The descent

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