Snow-go: why Ben Nevis is frost-free for the first time in 11 years
by Mattha Busby from Environment | The Guardian on (#30E54)
The highest mountain in the British Isles is currently without snow - and researchers believe permanent white mountain tops could soon be a thing of the past
Ain't no mountain dry enough? Ben Nevis may well have grown by a metre last year but now it is also nude from basecamp up for the first time in 11 years.
You would expect snow under foot atop the summit's stone cairn at the lofty height of 1,345m, not a blunt, barren crown. So what on earth happened to the formerly covered peak?
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