I did have my emergency microspikes in my pack last weekend, Jeremy - but they balled up pretty fast, and would have been useless on those steep snow slopes without an axe. I kicked steps with my boots up the first one (aided by someone who had gone before).....then thought how daft, found a different way down, and changed my plans. Trouble is, you don't really see the snow from the glen below: the smaller hills in front block the view.

You'd actually be fine at the west end - Mullach nan Coirean and Stob Ban - but for example the Devil's Ridge (which I had planned but avoided) was apparently icy and snow increases eastward.