Overview

This guide, now in its sixth edition, offers a selection of some of the best winter routes to be found in the Cairngorms and on Creag Meagaidh. The granite peaks of the former have extensive areas of high plateau and four peaks of over 4000ft, while the latter is noted for its classic ice routes. There is superb winter climbing to be had in this unique mountain environment. There is a complete range of various difficulties, lengths and styles in the guide, from straightforward climbs to some of exceptional difficulty. Some routes are easily accessible, others are extremely remote but all require a solid mountaineering background. Set in the heart of Scotland, the classic gully routes of Lochnagar are here as are the more remote and serious climbs on Braeriach. With something to suit all winter climbers, the Cairngorms has it all.

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Author:   Allen Fyffe ,  Blair Fyffe
Publisher:   Cicerone Press
Imprint:   Cicerone Press
Edition:   6th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 11.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 17.20cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9781852846220

ISBN 10:   1852846224
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   15 December 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

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

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Author Website:   http://www.cicerone.co.uk/author/detail.cfm/author/1531

Allen Fyffe has been an active mountaineer for over 40 years and has completed over 200 new routes in Scotland in both summer and winter. He has also climbed in Canada and Peru but is especially active in the Cairngorms. Blair Fyffe has rock climbed extensively throughout Britain and Europe and has climbed new winter routes in Norway and new alpine routes in Kyrgyzstan. In 2006 he completed a PhD in slab avalanche release at Edinburgh University.

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Author Website:   http://www.cicerone.co.uk/author/detail.cfm/author/1531

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