Locryn Williams - 184008

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Winter Climbing Record

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Date : 28/02/2016

Grade : I

Grade : 1

Style : Alternate Lead

Type : Snow & Ice Climbing

Weather : Clear - sunny - good visibility

Wind : Gentle breeze

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Nights Camping : 0

Crag : Ben Macdui

Climb : Ben Macdui

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Description

3 days climbing alternating leading, some ice climbing.
Technical skills including ice axe arrest, snow bucket and ice axe belay, nav skills.

Area : Ben Macdui, Carn Etchachan, Shelter Stone Crag and Stacan Dubha (winter)

The cliffs of the Ben Macdui massif offer some excellent and remote winter climbing, the best of which is found in Coire Sputan Dearg and on Creagan a' Choire Etchachan. Using a bicycle as far as Derry Lodge eases the effort required a little, but any climbs here will involve a very long day. This Area also includes the more accessible but still serious cliffs on the south side of the Loch A'an basin, notably Carn Etchachan and the magnificent Shelter Stone Crag, a stunning place to climb in winter.

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