Glen Coe has some of the premier mountain crag trad climbing in the British Isles, especially on the various cliffs of Buachaille Etive Mor and Aonach Dubh. The Etive Slabs provide one of the few, and certainly the best, opportunity in the British Isles to savour the delights of friction granite slab climbing. For convenience, this DLOG area also includes the minor crags in Glen Etive, the granite outcrop of Stac an Eich above Ballachuilish and granite mountains between Oban and Appin (for example Ben Cruachan and Beinn Sgulaird).
Left Kinlochleven at 4am as rain forecast at 12. Lead the alleged `crux` bottom pitch, which turned out to be the easiest, despite the grading. Upper pitches were wringing wet chimneys. A real battle of a route. After abbing off we stashed the bags and ran to the top of Bidean Nam Bean via Stob Coire Nan Lochan. Got back to the bags in thundery rain. Great day out.
