Ella Wright - 183090

logs 508
Member Of

Winter Climbing Record

Details

Date : 11/02/2022

Grade : VI

Grade : 7

Style : Alternate Lead

Type : Mixed Climbing

Weather : Heavy snow - poor visibility

Wind : Strong wind

Camping Type : N/A

Nights Camping : 0

Crag : Ben Nevis

Climb : Cutlass

Flagged :

Description

The gear was tricky to place on this, but the route was in good condition. Sadly we were quite slow and ended up in a storm, we abseiled down the route and found out ropes flying above our heads, interesting decent!
I led the first pitch which was 55m with 2 bits of gear, really bold an very balancey. but good snow ice. tricky led the 2nd pitch, definitely the crux but a lot more gear.

Area : Ben Nevis and Carn Mor Dearg

Ben Nevis is certainly the biggest and most famous winter climbing ground in Scotland, with something for everyone from the debutante to the most experienced and skilled. The almost alpine grandeur of the north face can, in a good winter, transform into a world where climbable snow-ice forms at almost every angle. It provides climbs suitable for any stage of the winter, from early season snowed-up rock climbs to late season ice wall specials. Also included here are the small number of winter climbing opportunities on the neighbouring Carn Mor Dearg.

Location

Marker
Leaflet Tiles © Esri — Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, TomTom, Intermap, iPC, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN, GeoBase, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), and the GIS User Community
Loading