Anyone been up Ben Nevis in the past few days?

[daddy cool]

At a bit of a loose end, and was thinking of jumping on the overnight train to Fort William and having a go at Ben Nevis on Tuesday, via the Carn Mor Dearg route, before the weather closes in on Tuesday.
Wondered what conditions were like at the top in terms of snow/ice - is it still safe to go up in walking boots without crampons etc?

[AlfaPapa]

There was a sprinkling of snow on the top on Friday, which disappeared onto Saturday...

https://www.facebook.com/BenNevisUltra/videos/1827...

About 1.04 into the video is the top of Ben Nevis (On Saturday).

Check MWIS before you go too:
http://www.mwis.org.uk/scottish-forecast

[daddy cool]

Cheers - but actually I jumped on a train a few hours after posting, and 12 hours later was in Fort William. Dossed around on Monday and then went up on Tuesday morning. Couldn't have asked for better weather! Bright and sunny, little bit chilly but only needed a fleece on when I stopped for a breather. No (real) wind either so the ridge wasn't too scary. Only saw a few people on the CMD route, so it came as quite a shock when I finished the final climb and it was like Piccadilly Circus at the top with folks that had come up the tourist trail! That's the way I went down though, as my knees aren't too good and I just wanted an easy descent.
Had a cracking day though, and it means ive "completed the set" with Snowden & Scarfell now.
The next day (Wednesday, yesterday) was absolutely pissing down, so I shall make a sacrifice to the mountain gods by way of thanks.
Only got back to glorious Berkshire a few hours ago...

[AlfaPapa]

Gorgeous!

Glad you got out and just did it It's *always* worth the effort.

[Gary29]

Small world, my fiancee and I also went up last Tuesday morning (19th Sept) we went up the tourist track, we set off early so avoided the worst of the 'traffic'!

[daddy cool]

Haha, small world indeed! Well done!

[ColinM50]

When I saw the thread title I was expecting this to be a gay post but just my dirty mind