Snow in Newtonmore

The Loch Lochy Hills

17.5.12 - Achnasheen Trip, Day 2 - 18km, 1190m - 359 mins

Area 10: Loch Eil to Glen Shiel

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The forecast for today was light rain and low cloud pretty much everywhere all day. It was a great surprise therefore for the hostellers in Newtonmore to wake up in the morning to find it was snowing, and had been for some time by the look of it. My decision not to try and tackle Cairn Gorm seemed to be confirmed, but I wondered how I would get on even with the Loch Lochy hills. I was relieved to find that, although Newtonmore was shrouded in snow, only a few miles down the A86 there wasn't a trace of it anywhere except on the higher hills. It was however drizzling steadily, as promised.


Snow in Newtonmore