The winter climbs of Creag Meagaidh take a while to come into condition, but when they do they provide some of the best ice and steep gully climbs in Scotland, highly prized. This area also includes the popular Beinn a' Chaorainn and the more esoteric opportunities in the Monaliath. In a rare winter ice forms on Creag Dubh Newtonmore, which is also included here.
Late start as dropped car at Garage in morning so left car park at 10 a.m. Weather pretty grim, snow/rain lower down and a bit breezy but by the time we got to the crag had cleared. Walk in hard work with snow pretty low down. Concerns avalanche conditions were a little more serious than forecast so stayed away from initial objective Centre Post (and potentially direct) and headed for Staghorn Gully instead.