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Winter Climbs in the Cairngorms
The Cairngorms and Creag Meagaidh by Allen Fyffe, Blair Fyffe
A practical guidebook to the best winter climbing routes in the Cairngorms, on Creag Meagaidh noted for its classic ice climbs, Lochnagar and Braeriach. Routes include a wide range of grades, lengths and styles, from straightforward to exceptionally difficult. Scottish winter climbing is world renowned for its adventure and quality of experience. More...
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Seasons
any time from November until April, and in exceptional years, as early as October or as late as Read More... June!Centres
Aviemore and Strathspey in the north and Braemar and Deeside for the south and central areas; Read More... Creag Meagaidh is accessible Speyside and also from Fort William and the west.Difficulty
a wide range of routes and difficulty from straightforward climbs to some of exceptional Read More... difficulty; from single pitches to over 250m in length and from easily accessible to extremely remote but requiring a solid mountaineering background.Must See
main area covered is the Cairngorms, both north and south, granite peaks with extensive areas of Read More... high plateau and four peaks over 4,000 feet in high, offering superb winter climbing in a unique mountain environment.Getting to the Cairngorms
List of diagrams
Introduction
Conditions
Routes and grades
Route lengths
Recommended routes
Maps
Equipment
Avalanches
Mountain rescue
Cairngorms North
Overview map
Coire an t-Sneachda
The Mess of Pottage
Aladdin’s Buttress
Fluted Buttress
Fiacaill Buttress
Coire an Lochain
Number 1 Buttress
Number 2 Buttress
Number 3 Buttress
Number 4 Buttress
Lurcher’s Crag (Creag an Leth-Choin)
Sron na Lairige
Carn Etchachan
The Lower Cliff, Main Face
The Upper Cliff, Main Face
The Gully Face
Shelter Stone Crag
Garbh Uisge Crag
Hell’s Lum Crag
Stag Rocks
Left-hand Section
Right-hand Section
Stac an Fharaidh
East Flank
West Flank
The Cairntoul/Braeriach Amphitheatre
Angel’s Peak
Corrie of the Chokestone Gully
Garbh Choire Mor
Garbh Choire Dhaidh
Coire Bhrochain
Coire an Lochain
The Corries of Beinn a’Bhuird
Coire na Ciche
Coire an Dubh Lochain
Garbh Choire
Coire Sputan Dearg
Grey Man’s Crag Area
Snake Ridge Area
The Central Buttresses
Creagan a’Choire Etchachan
Cairngorms South
Overview map
Lochnagar
The Southern Sector
Perseverance Wall
The Cathedral
The Northern Sector
Central and Shadow Buttress Group
Eagle Ridge and the Parallel Buttress Group
Black Spout Pinnacle
West Buttress Group
Creag an Dubh Loch
Eagles Rocks
Mid-West Buttress
Mid-East Buttress
Broad Cairn Bluffs
Glen Clova
Winter Corrie
Corrie Fee
Creag Meagaidh
Overview map
Creag Meagaidh
Girdle Traverse
Bellevue Buttress
Raeburn’s Gully Buttress
Pinnacle Buttress
The Post Face
The Inner Corrie
Appendix A Index of Routes: Cairngorms North
Appendix B Index of Routes: Cairngorms South
Appendix C Index of Routes: Creag Meagaidh













