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THE longest lasting snow patch in the UK has melted away for only the tenth time in 300 years. Known as the 'Sphinx' patch forms on a sheltered part of the Braeriach Munro.
Dubbed the Sphinx, the snow on a remote Scottish mountain has in the past survived for decades at a time.
In the midst of the Cop26 climate talks in Glasgow, the UK's longest-lasting snow patch has melted away for the eighth time in 300 years. Nicknamed “the Sphinx”, the hardy piece of snow has survived countless summers on a remote mountainside in the Cairngorms. Also read | Study finds humans, climate change largely responsible for fires in US