Day 2. Sat 19th Jan
23/01/13
Recovering from a heavy night on the Fondue (supplied by Romain) teams headed out all over the Glen Brittle corries.
Steve Perry & Antoni went out on Casteil a Garbh Choire and did a good mixed line-
Caisteal a’ Garbh Corrie; South End (Winter) IV,5**
30m. Follow the distictive crack until it ends on a stance. Finish up the short steep wall on your left.
Steve Perry and Antoni Anderson.
Dave & Nathan enjoyed Gully C on Thearlaich- “bit like Lockwoods chimney”.
James Sutton & Ben Wear, the Skye boys, did a superb climb up Dyke Gully & Buttress @ V,6 “best route I’ve done on Skye said James.![Dyke Gully crux. James](http://skyeguides.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Dyke-Gully-crux.-James-215x286.jpg)
![Dyke Gully crux. James](http://skyeguides.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Dyke-Gully-crux.-James-215x286.jpg)
Iain & Andy climbed a new route they called Perspex Groove (IV?), a rising diagonal low on Window Buttress.
Paul & Brendan ventured into Coir’ a’ Ghrunnda, were thwarted by the impressive North Crag Gully falls but enjoyed stunning vistas from Dubh na Da Bheinn.
Spike & Icky rediscovered the great ice formations on Banachdaich at the head of the south branch of Coir’ a’ Ghreadaidh.![Paul Cunningham heading towards North Crag Gully](http://skyeguides.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Paul-Cunningham-heading-towards-North-Crag-Gully-215x161.jpg)
![Icky with all the gear & good ideas](http://skyeguides.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Icky-with-all-the-gear-good-ideas-215x286.jpg)
![Paul Cunningham heading towards North Crag Gully](http://skyeguides.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Paul-Cunningham-heading-towards-North-Crag-Gully-215x161.jpg)
![Icky with all the gear & good ideas](http://skyeguides.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Icky-with-all-the-gear-good-ideas-215x286.jpg)
Ann-Marie, Kim, Nicola & I chose the Spur of Sgurr an Fheadain which had been transformed from it’s normal wonderful rock scramble to a fantastic snowy crest with perfect hard snow from bottom to top; 650m II.
Below us the Skye teams of Beads, Murdo & Norman, Matt & Lisa were climbing (as 2 ropes with different variations) a new route with an (as ever) inspiring name-
Hubble, Bubble, Toil & Trouble
III 3 500m .follow right edge of Waterpipe (geddit?) Gully over easy rock and turf up to a rock barrier climbed by an obvious left slanting groove, then an awkward step into a gully leading to the more commiting top section, with a choice of chimneys,small walls leading to the summit ridge of Sgurr an Fheadain.![Hubble, Bubble, Toil & Trouble](http://skyeguides.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Hubble-Bubble-Toil-Trouble-318x425.jpg)
![Hubble, Bubble, Toil & Trouble](http://skyeguides.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Hubble-Bubble-Toil-Trouble-318x425.jpg)
Over on Blabheinn, and not part of the meet, Iain Small and Simon Richardson pulled off an audacious ascent of Jib, a summer E1 giving it a grade of VIII,8. Simon’s excellent site Scottish Winter has his report.
Image gallery below-