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There is a first aid box in the corrie of Lochnagar on a small flattening midway between the loch and Central Buttress. Likewise there is one in Coire an t-Sneachda near the triangular boulder by the lochans, but the contents of these boxes are likely to vary. Both these locations are favourite gearing-up spots.

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Pete Macpherson on the superb first pitch of The Inquisition in Coire an Lochain (photo: John Lyall)

COIRE AN T-SNEACHDA

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This is the most accessible of the climbing corries in this area. A somewhat broken and sprawling set of buttresses ringed round the corrie edge. Of the Northern Corries of Cairn Gorm this contains the widest selection of good low-grade winter routes, and as such is the most popular of all the cliffs, especially at peak holiday times, when it can be worth avoiding. However, there is a good selection of routes of all grades and of most styles of climbing. There should be something climbable most of the winter season, and some of the rockier routes come into condition very quickly.