Back in mid August Ben Nevis, Britain’s highest mountain was declared snow free for the first time since 2006 with only 3 patches hanging on for dear life.
Mark Mullen's pic of Ben Nevis on Saturday shows a few small snow patches on life support. First time the Ben snow will be free since 2006. pic.twitter.com/rJJwXcoN1a
— Iain Cameron (@theiaincameron) August 15, 2017
For the first time in 11 years there is no snow anywhere on Ben Nevis. It would have melted a few days ago, at this location. @bbcweather pic.twitter.com/5Ydv8lp2dQ
— Iain Cameron (@theiaincameron) August 21, 2017
The first of the last three disappeared on Aonach Beag last week.
Hot off the press…
Aonach Beag's snow patch will not live to see tomorrow's dawn. Fare thee well till next season!
📷 Mark Atkinson pic.twitter.com/vdFs7XywzJ
— Iain Cameron (@theiaincameron) September 28, 2017
The other two scant patches remaining on what’s considered the UK’s most permanent, durable snowfield tucked within Braeriach’s Garbh Choire Mor are now gone too.
The countdown to the famous melt.
Getting close… snow from 2006 exposed.
@theiaincameron Descending from Sgor an Lochain Uaine yesterday, I couldn't resist a visit to our last "glacier"… pic.twitter.com/SthHVjYcoi
— Billy Austin (@bryce9a) September 20, 2017
It's *still* holding on! The Sphinx patch of Garbh Choire Mor isn't finished yet, though the snow visible is now that which fell in 2006. pic.twitter.com/0q7Va5p1aH
— Iain Cameron (@theiaincameron) September 23, 2017
https://twitter.com/infinitepudding/status/910438772390727680
Sphinx s-no-w more? Could we be saying goodbye to #Scotland's historically longest lasting patch of #snow? https://t.co/98fVNQzldQ pic.twitter.com/RRkeZ0Qicw
— BBC Highlands (@BBCHighlands) September 18, 2017
Bye Bye…
And so that is that for 2017, folks. Garbh Choire Mor's Sphinx was small enough to carry today. Scotland's last snow will be gone tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/dfeBa1iECV
— Iain Cameron (@theiaincameron) September 30, 2017
PREVIOUS MELT YEARS:Â 1933, 1953, 1959, 1996, 2003, 2006 and 2017.
This is the first time Scotland and indeed the UK has been entirely snow free since 2006. Interestingly it’s believed that 2017 becomes on the 3rd time Braeriach has only entirely lost all it’s snow in 300 years.
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