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 The White Lady and East Lady obliterated in 48hours.
|  Gunbarrel on it's way out. Either huge amount of snow pushing from Zig Zags or loading above Gunbarrel soon.
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 A zoom in on the Gunbarrel.
|  Running water amid pools of slush outside the Ptarmigan.
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 Still scope for shortcuts between Traverse and 105.
|  Upper Ciste Fairway and T-bar.
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 Only a few patches left on the East Lady.
|  Across the upper East Lady from M2 to Lady Luck.
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 Daylodge poma run, wide at the top, narrow in the middle, gone lower down. 
|  Mid section of Coire Cas from the T-bar.
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 LOoking down the 105.
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It is almost difficult to beleive that these photos were taken the same month, let alone same week as those last Sunday, yet what was still a complete cover on Tuesday morning was obliterated in little over 36hours in one of the most savage thaws in years.
Over 3 to 4 feet depth of level snow has been lost, a fence depth gone from the M2 (which is complete) and Daylodge (which has been wiped out lower down).
We are paying a high price for the sustained excellent period, because there was not a great deal of drifting from the open slopes into the main fenced runs and even more importantly the natural snow fields and gullies. Simiarly there has not been much in the way of freeze/thaw cycling during the period, and a wide overall cover of fairly unconsolidated snow pack stood no change against torrential rain, 100mph+ SW winds and temperatures of +8°c.
The Top Basin Runs, the Traverse, and Upper Cas retain a good width and depth at this stage, but a rapid thaw is ongoing and set to continue through the forecast period. The M1 is broken at the merger with the 105, and the Gunbarrel is disintegrating, though upper Zig Zags remain good. However Cas Tow is not going to hold out unless the Zig Zags snow is sacraficed, so loading from the top of the Gunbarrel looks likely sooner or later.
The Lady and East Lady have been obliterated, however for good skiers and boarders, the M2, Aonach Bowl and OverYonder were complete but are getting increasingly narrow, hopefully they will hang on for the weekend.
Thanks to Helen Rennie for most of today's pictures, and some additional ones from 'SkiBeard'.
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