I took the opportunity of a few hours off and lovely weather to climb Morven which lies in mid Deeside. It's a nice hill and at 857m is still firmly in winter's grasp.
The snow level was about 600m and conditions underfoot were challenging, ranging from sheet ice on the path to solid clear rime ice between 600 and 700m, breakable crust up to 750m and then a mix of softer snow with patches of rime up to the summit.
There was a very thin mist coming and going on the summit plateau and this gave rise to a beautiful Brocken Spectre. There was also a white fogbow but sadly this didn't come out in the camera shots.
But all in all a wonderful day out!
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01 January 2018 17:46:43
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Keith
Aboyne, Aberdeenshire
135m asl