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The next routes all climb the wall above Fiacaill Couloir and are accessed by climbing this, almost to the top in some cases.

Trampled Underfoot 60m IV,4

G Ettle and J Lyall, 13 January 1992

Starts about 8m up Fiacaill Couloir from the big ledge at the foot of Rampant. Climb steeply up on vegetated ledges, then move left to a short corner. Follow a ledge right and climb a large right-slanting ramp to the ridge (or, more easily, up a gully).

Rampant 75m IV,5*

A Fyffe and T Walker, 1 March 1979

Takes the narrow left-leaning ramps, then a big right-facing corner. It starts about two pitches up Fiacaill Couloir, where the left end of a large ledge system is gained by a short wall (as for the previous route). Climb the ramps, initially going up left, then up a corner to gain a ledge below a steep wall. Go right round the edge and follow the main corner, passing under a huge chokestone at the top.

Physical Graffiti 70m IV,6*

A Fyffe and J Lyall, 7 February 2007

A fairly direct line up the vague buttress below the big top corner of Rampant. Start as for Rampant on the big ledge and go straight up to a V-shaped niche. From the top right-hand corner make awkward moves to exit left, then follow the fault passing the left side of a block roof to a ledge (35m). Climb up to the foot of the main groove of Rampant and take a short chimney on the left to gain a pinnacle. From its top, move up to a niche below an overhang and climb the slanting groove on the right leading to blocky ground and the top (35m).