Weather update

As of the weather last night it looked that the challenge may be off and we would have to find a new adventure for January.  This morning we received a more uplifting email from our friend in the UK who is more familiar with the terrain.
It seems there has been a shift in weather once again and we shall be departing  for the UK tomorrow as planned.

The Weather on Ben Nevis seems to have improved vastly over night, making it

a reasonable climb on the Saturday

The 2 peaks to the south are still looking rather average. 

There is still a good chance that the fastmoving airstream that is effecting

the country towards the end of the week may have blown over by the time we

reach the southern peaks by the very nature of the high winds they move

quickly as the forecast over Ben Nevis has proved overnight....

The major problem in climbing these mountains from so far away is getting a

weather window, we could be waiting all year!

The weather tomorrow looks reasonably settled for driving up the country and

based on what we see we could even consider running up Scarfell Pike or

Helvellyn (2nd highest peak in England and just off the road if we were to

venture into Ambleside on our way north) tomorrow and leaving it out on the

Saturday as the weather really looks quite goodWhatever happens we will climb a few mountains in the time you are over! tomorrow?

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/scafell-pike#?tab=fiveDa

y&fcTime=1358985600.  

         Whatever happens we will climb a few mountains in the time you are over!