BMC International Meet.
Few teams heading in today from the meet and not. Lot's of snow in the basin on the right side of the cliff so headed up for Scabbard Chimney with a team ahead.
Scabbard Chimney - Pat took us up the first bit and ran a bit into the 2nd pitch. I took us through the rest of the 2nd and 3rd to the easier ground. Rappelled from a small block back to the base of the cliff as snow was mentally deep above and didn't fancy
Ordinary Route - did the first 2 pitches of Ordinary Route, Pat did pitch 1, me pitch 2. Nothing too hard in these pitches so guess difficulties are higher up. Traversed off left and then a rappel and down climb to get us out.
Climbed with Patrick Cooke.
Area :
Glen Coe, Ardgour and Loch Etive to Appin (winter)
Glen Coe gives a wealth of winter climbing opportunities of all grades and styles, something indeed for everyone. The cliffs are also, in the main, easily accessible which means they can become very popular. This area also includes the winter climbs on the mountains south of Glen Coe in Glen Etive, and on hills more southerly still but north of the A85 Oban road (notably Ben Cruachan). Also included are the hills of Appin and Ballachuilish, the dry tooling of Ballachuilish bridge, and the winter climbs in Ardgour (notably Garbh Bheinn).
