Climbed the Organ Pipe Wall & Junior's Jaunt at Beinn Udlaidh. Three superb pitches of chewy Scottish water ice 5.
The daily thaw has not yet been severe on the ice, just made it a real pleasure to climb. The snow has consolidated well with the recent freeze-thaw cycles and we descended Central Gully in good snow conditions.
more>The big freeze continues in the Scottish Highlands with freezing levels and snow lines close to sea level. With considerable or High avalanche hazards in the bigger hills Tom, James and I headed down South to enjoy some great ice climbing sport at Beinn Udlaidh.
We climbed 4 pitches of grade III & IV ice and did two full 60m abseils (one of them on to more>
It's always a promising start to a days winter climbing when the turf in the garden is frozen solid and the car windows caked in ice. It was -1C at Sea Level in Fort William and -4.5C in the lively, but not mentally busy, car park for Beinn Udlaidh at 0830 this morning.
The crag was in good, not amazing, but decent shape with various complete lines in the grade III-V range. With lots o... more>
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