Ben Hope had beautiful powder and a white out to go with it on Sunday 18th December. Unfortunately my ski descent coincided with the whiteout. It was so bad that I fell over twice on the descent due to a strange unbalancing effect encountered when believing I was still moving but had actually stopped!
Powder on the upper slopes of Ben Hope
Lovely powder snow on a firm base, possibly the best quality for skiing I’ve seen on Ben Hope in 12 winters of regular ascents. This was taken during a break in the snowfall on my ascent about 50 metres below the summit. Whilst on the summit the weather closed back in from the north west providing some very dense conditions for the descent and definitely spoiling the skiing.
Ben Hee south from Ben Hope down Strath More
Around 10cm of snow had fallen on the lower slopes whilst I was up high. The sun cast this beautiful light across Ben Hee (centre left) and Strath More as I descended back to the strath.
Very mild conditions have ensued since Wednesday 21st, it won’t be looking like this now. Hopefully cooler weather will be back soon.
Jason Bonniface 22/12/2011
2 comments
Dave Hall says:
December 23, 2011 at 08:43 (UTC 0 )
Hi Jason
Great photos, good to see you are still out and about.
Ben Hope photos bring back good memories
Dave
admin says:
December 24, 2011 at 08:35 (UTC 0 )
Hi Dave
Thanks, and good to hear from you. Hope things going well for you in the south!
Merry Christmas.
Jason