Avalanche forecasters capture conditions on Scotland's peaks

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Buachaille Etive Mor
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The Sportscotland Avalanche Information Service (SAIS) has wound up its latest season of daily avalanche risk reports. The forecasts cover mountains such as Buachaille Etive Mor in Glencoe. The images in this gallery were taken by SAIS forecasters

Rime ice on a sign in Glencoe
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Rime ice on a sign in Glencoe

Hoar frost in Glencoe
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Hoar frost photographed in Glencoe

Creag Meagaidh
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Creag Meagaidh is another of the Munros covered by the service

A footprint in snow at Creag Meagaidh
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A footprint in snow at Creag Meagaidh

Spindrift in Creag Meagaidh
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Spindrift, wind-blown snow and ice, at Creag Meagaidh

Coire na Ciste in Lochaber
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Coire na Ciste in Lochaber under blue skies earlier this year

CIC Hut in Lochaber
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The Scottish Mountaineering Club's CIC Hut in Lochaber in a whiteout

Lochnagar
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Sun strikes the snow-covered tops of Lochnagar

Climbers on Lochnagar
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Climbers tackle a route on Lochnagar

Avalanche debris in Southern Cairngorms
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Car-sized blocks of avalanche debris in Glas Maol in the Southern Cairngorms in March

Northern Cairngorms
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Sunshine and snow in the Northern Cairngorms earlier this month

Wind eroded snow in the Southern Cairngorms
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Wind sculpted snow in the Southern Cairngorms

A group of walkers in the Northern Cairngorms
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A group of walkers make the most of the snowy conditions in the Northern Cairngorms

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