After driving up to the Grand Montets car park and realising that I had left my lift pass in my jacket pocket in our flat in Saint Gervais, we dashed back to pick it and then headed for the mid day lift up the Midi. Damien, Carl, Neil, Lindsey and I had a good run …
Today Damien and I skied over to the Triangle du Tacul, we climbed Chéré Gully (couloir) 350m. It was a good route consisting of an iced up gully line with some sections at 85`. We moved together up the route and abed back down to our skies. There were two other parties on the route …
Pics; Top-Damo abbing into the route Middle- Damo coming into view from the hanging belay Bottom- Me coming up the steep top pillar Today Damien and I climbed a well known ice route called “ Nuit Blanche” WI 6. We skied to the top of the fall and made a very nervous abseil down the …
Over the past four days we have been skiing on and off the piste. We have been to Les Houches, Courmayeur and Les Grand Montets (where it was a mega powder day). Whilst skiing we have been scoping out ice routes that are in condition and getting well psyched to get on them.
Today Damien and I climbed an ice fall at Les Houches called “cascade saint-maire direct” WI 4+ 120m. It was a good line but the ice wasn’t really fat so it was a bit brittle. Despite this it was a good start to the trip and I’m looking forward to more ice routes to come.
Yesterday my Dad, James and I headed back to Beinn Udlaidh. We made a swift walk in to get ahead of the hoards and headed up Quartzien Scoop IV/4 first which had really fat ice and was a good fun route. We then walked down to do Junior’s Jaunt IV/5, this was also a good …
Pics; Top- Me on second pitch of Organ pipe wall Middle- Niel on second pitch of Organ pipe wall Bottom- Niell on first pitch of Peter Pan direct On Friday Myself, Niel Carnegie and two friends of his headed up to Beinn Udliadh to make to most of the Scottish ice conditions at the moment. …
Yesterday Euan and I headed up to Stob Coire nan Lochan. We did Chimney Route VI/6 ***, It follows the main chimney line up the middle of summit buttress. This was the first time i had been to this coire and it will not be the last. We intended on doing “Central Grooves” but it …
Yesterday Sarah (my sister) and I did a short day on the Mess of Pottage. We did a route called The Haston Line IV/4, even though it had quite a bit of build up it still had a few tricky mixed steps in the lower half of the route. James and my dad did Hidden …
On Sunday Adam and I did two very good routes on Fiacaill Buttress. We did a IV/6, called Escapologist which had some good ice on the lower slab and a steep pitch near the top. Due to the good ice this made it hard to protect but easier to climb. We then did a second …
