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Crotched Gully 135m IIEUMC party, Easter 1946
From the snow bay go up the right branch, which has a steep section near its top. This leads into a broad but well-defined upper gully, which can have a large unavoidable cornice.
Vortex 60m IV,5*G Ettle and J Lyall, 10 January 1992
The rib between the top part of Crotched Gully and the Direct Finish to Spiral Gully, reached by climbing Spiral Gully to the slanting gully and the foot of the rib. Climb the shallow groove up the rib and turn the roof on the right or left. Finish up a well-defined arete.
Spiral Gully 150m II**TW Patey, February 1959
The main feature of this route is the right-slanting narrow gully cutting the upper rocks. Start up broken ground on the left of the buttress, heading for twin deep grooves which lead to easier ground and the foot of the slanting gully. Climb this to a small col, then a short pitch to the top.
Direct Finish III
The wide groove above the start of the right-slanting upper gully gives a good mixed pitch, although sometimes it can be very icy. Other harder finishes are possible up other grooves further right.