Conditions
By this morning there was new snow lying on the mountain once again. Snow was seen falling as low as 250m but it did not lie at this height. It seemed to start laying from around 350m but more significantly above around 400m.

The snow was falling under the influence of significant wind, being drifted on a nominally easterly wind. Despite the eastern tendency to the wind here, drifting was seen on the wind from the south in places as the wind swirled around the mountain, and evidence of rime ice growing into the wind in a northerly and southerly direction was seen in places, which suggests winds from various directions drifting snow on the mountain. The strong wind meant that the snow did not accumulate widely, but thicker drifts developed in certain places. The snow that gathered as drifts showed the properties of a windslab in several places.

Underneath the thick drifts, and the thin layer of new snow old snow still existed, being firm and icy. It appears that there has been considerable thawing of old snow lower on the mountain, while areas of old snow higher up are holding their ground surprisingly well.

The combination of new snow thawing and refreezing, drifting and gathering, and old snow and ice still lying, meant a great variety of snow and ice at different heights and locations across the mountain, with challenging icy conditions in places even low on the mountain.

On the Llanberis path, very icy areas were seen low on the mountain, especially in the vicinity of the halfway cafe. Allt Moses was a combination of soft snow, icy snow and a protruding rocks which were also icy. From the bottom of Allt Goch a section of the route was under old hard snow, some new snow added to this, and a snow-free edge which was very icy. There were also parts of the path higher up that had completely drifted over it and the possibility of sliding a long way with serious consequences is still possible in some places.

A significant part of the PyG and miners paths were not walked, but below Bwlch Glas these paths were seen still crossing steep slopes under considerable old, hard and icy snow above a significant precipice to reach Bwlch Glas with significant dangers of slipping off this path.

Above Bwlch Glas a variety of ice and snow conditions continued.

A number of old drifts were seen along steep edges, which are worth keeping clear of.

A very windy day, with precipitation throughout the afternoon, falling like snow more and more up the mountain. The wind and snow gradually eased during the afternoon.

Essential equipment
Suitable seasonal walking equipment, including lighting (such as a headtorch or two each).

Carrying an ice axe and mountaineering crampons will offer safer options on the mountain.

Carrying goggles (such as ski goggles) will offer a means of protecting the eyes to see more easily in order to travel more safely on the mountain.

Additional Information
On the Tuesday of the report the forecast suggests that the temperature on the summit will be close to, or below freezing throughout the period until the next report on Friday. The temperature at the summit is forecast to be as low as -3ºC (feeling like it is as low as -13ºC at times).

Precipitation is also forecast at times, with snow likely higher on the mountain at times, and possibly more extensively on the mountain at times as well.

With the temperature varying around the freezing point, and significant moisture on parts of the mountain there is a possibility for icy areas to develop also at various heights.

This means that conditions will likely continue to be wintry in the coming days, with snow (and ice) likely on the mountain at a variety of levels.