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Approaches

From the car park in Coire Cas follow the good path heading first west then south round the Fiacaill a’Choire Chais for several hundred metres to a junction, then take the left fork into the corrie. This path is not marked on some older maps. The right fork continues to Coire an Lochain. Follow the path south into the corrie, where it peters out at the start of the boulder field, and go on to the small lochans below the centre of the cliff. It is unusual if there is not a track in the snow, even when the path is buried. A less obvious alternative is to go from the car park to the White Lady Shieling, then follow the track which zig-zags up Coire Cas until the Fiacaill a’Choire Chais can be crossed and a slightly diagonal line taken down into the corrie.

Descents

From the top of the climbs the usual descent is to follow the plateau rim round to descend the Fiacaill a’Choire Chais into Coire Cas and so to the car park. The Goat Track, the slope west of Fluted Buttress, gives a steep but convenient return to the corrie floor, but can be an avalanche risk. For climbs on the left of the corrie it is possible to descend from the col east of The Mess of Pottage and go down diagonally below that buttress. For climbs on the Fiacaill Buttress, the Fiacaill Ridge or the Goat Track give convenient descents.