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Lochnagar – Eagle Ridge to the Amphitheatre

Lochnagar – Black Spout Pinnacle and West Buttress

Creag an Dubh Loch (left side)

Creag an Dubh Loch (right side)

Eagles Rocks

Glen Clova – Winter Corrie

Glen Clova – Corrie Fee

Creag Meagaidh – Bellevue and Pinnacle Buttresses

Creag Meagaidh – The Post Face

Creag Meagaidh – The Inner Corrie

Looking west along Loch Avon to Carn Etchachan and the Shelter Stone Crag, with Stag Rocks and Stac an Fharaidh visible on the right

With easy access, reliable conditions and quality climbing, the Northern Corries always prove popular (The Mess of Pottage, Coire an t-Sneachda)

INTRODUCTION

The major climbing venues of the Cairngorms provide some of the finest winter routes in Britain. From the remote corries of Braeriach and Beinn a’Bhuird to the magnificent cliffs of Lochnagar and Creag an Dubh Loch and the readily accessible Northern Corries of Cairn Gorm, every aspect of winter climbing is to be found here. There are long, varied routes and short technical test-pieces; there are pure ice climbs as well as mixed routes to rival any in the country. Building on previous editions, this guide offers a selection of the best routes in each area – and, where possible, routes of all grades are given. Where there is a variety of routes, a number of climbs at a similar standard are detailed to allow for some choice should conditions or availability dictate a change in plan. Many of the routes follow fairly natural lines which, once embarked upon, should be relatively easy to follow, the exception being some of the more recent hard mixed routes which require a more detailed description.