SAIS Glen Coe
Working in winter as a Mountain leader I use varied resources to collate enough information before going out onto the hill. A blog that I use regularly is Sport Scotland Avalanche Information Service (SAIS). It is a seasonal blog which is up-dated from December to April.
This blog is a means of area SAIS forecasters to pass on local knowledge and daily observations. They walk up the Mountain daily to photograph and record weather, snow pack and report up-to-date snow stability and avalanche hazard.
It is linked to other SAIS blogs of different areas of the Cairngorms so you can access information depending on the area where you intend to climb, ski, mountain walk etc
SAIS Southern Cairngorms blog
SAIS Creag Meagaidh blog
SAIS Lochaber blog
SAIS Northern Cairngorms blog
SAIS Torridon blog
The blog also has a weekly analysis of the snow change, this is an example
Weekly Snowpack Summary
- The snowpack has been mainly isothermic and moist at most levels for the past week and is generally well bonded and stable. We have encountered South, South-West and Westesterly weather influences with the freezing level generally above the summits. The avalanche moderate hazard has been Low for 6 of the days with one day with a localised Moderate hazard. The day Moderate (localised) was forecast did not materialize because new snow amounts were not significant. This is the last summary of the 2013/2014
The blog is also linked to SAIS this is all key information to collate before pursuing in outdoor activities in the mountain and is easily accessed from one blog. Brilliant!
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