Iain Cameron at a snow patch called The Sphinx last year An annual ... often higher up towards the top of a coire, gully or mountain summit.

A once-permanent patch of snow in the Highlands has melted for the fourth year in a row – for the first time in recorded history. The Sphinx, a snow patch on the UK’s third highest mountain ...

The Sphinx, which adorns the side of Braeriach, the third-highest mountain in Great Britain, was historically considered the United Kingdom’s longest-lasting snow patch because it was known for ...

Known as The Sphinx, the snow patch forms in a sheltered area on Britain's third highest mountain - remote Braeriach in the Cairngorms. Snow expert Iain Cameron, who monitors the condition of the ...