Stunning conditions yesterday

I’ve been at the CIC hut for the last five days. Conditions have been cold and snowy, but with strong winds. All major lines are firming up, with good ice on most routes. Lower down, the hut cascades and the Curtain are staring to form, and Vanishing gully is looking good. Parties at the hut climbed Point 5, Comb gully, Central Gully on Creag na Ciste, North East Butress, Tower Ridge, Ledge route, Vanishing Gully, Italian Climb.

We climbed the SW Ridge of the Douglas boulder, Ledge Route, Jubilation, some short lines on the hut cascades, the top part of South Trident Buttress and a bimble up Moonlight Gully.

 

Jubilation – bottom pitch; lovely easy ice and neve at the top; looking over to the Pinnacle Buttress of the tower