Instructing 2 relatively inexperienced climbers, 2 of the same from the preceding day.
Climbed on Hidden Chimney. The 2 mock clients soloed to the base of the route (good tracks and had seen them previous day - solid on easy ground). Clients roped up from the base of Hidden Chimney Direct to the start of the Slant with me soloing around. Another pitch leftward to the split between Jacob's Edge and Hidden Chimney again me soloing around (placed a high and right spike runner to protect the leader as a bit run out otherwise). Quite busy by this point, lot's of teams heading for or on Hidden Chimney.
Took a variation pitch just to the right of Hidden Chimney that goes straight up from the belay (IV, 4) switching to climbing in series. Steep little pull but well protected by thread runner (took a bit of digging to find). Team trying to muscle past had to nip in front whilst we were waiting patiently in line. Nipped in with permission ahead of front team's 2 clients placing 2 runners to the top of Hidden Chimney then mock clients climbed up in series again.
Descent down the side of Mess of Pottage looking at using a bollard for descent on snow slopes.
Glorious day weather wise and felt confident on teaching and moving around.
Supervised Dominic Koole and Pete Robinson.
Area :
Cairngorm: Northern Corries, Hell's Lum, Creagan Coire Cha-no, Lurcher's Crag and Outliers
This Area includes some of the most accessible (and some of the hardest) winter climbs in Scotland. Coire an t-Sneachda has an excellent variety of winter climbs, many in the lower to middle grades, while Coire an Lochain hosts classics of a range of grades and some extremely demanding test-pieces. This Area also includes the very accessible Creagan Coire Cha-no, Lurcher's Crag in the northern Lairig Ghru, and the training bluffs of the Chalamain Gap. Also included here are the cliffs of the northern side of the Loch A'an basin such as Hell's Lum, Stag Rocks and Stac an Fharaidh (as they are on the same general massif as Cairngorm), while cliffs on the southern side of Loch A'an are in the Ben Macdui, Carn Etchachan and Shelter Stone Crag Area of DLOG. The range's former name is Am Monadh Ruadh (the red hills), distinguishing them from Am Monadh Liath (the grey hills) to the west of the River Spey.
