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Crag Profile: Winter Routes. Horse-Shoe Coire |
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Details of the crag can be reviewed below. Editing links are present on all routes and inter-route notes |
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Directions: This huge steep sided coire immediately to the North West of Lough Barra in the Derry Veagh mountains provides many steep water courses and Falls. The potential for further winter routes is enormous. OS Grid Reference: B9213 Click here to view location in Google Maps |
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1 - Jock's Route
II Length: 120m Steven "Jock" Read, Iain Miller 23/12/09 At the Northern end of the east face of Crockfadda, climb the steep full crag height arete which bounds the left wall of the huge unclimbed "deep gash gully." View Route Edit Route Upload a new photo for this route | |||
2 - Plan B
Length: 120m K McGee, P Tinney, D Millar 23/12/10 Ascend the iced up slabs and steps leading to the fall left of Morbid Angel. At the bottom of the fall climb a steep rock corner and traverse left to gain more iced up slabs and steps. Climb these to the top. View Route Edit Route Upload a new photo for this route | |||
3 - Morbid Angel
III 3cLength: 120m Iain Miller 10/02/09 Grid Reference 919135, on the Eastern face of Crockfadda, immediately North of the Deep Gash Gully, three obvious icefalls converge. Climb easily at first, up the converged falls and then steeply up the centre fall, through superb ice and mixed ground. Grade II/III, defo a III for the steep water ice section. View Route Edit Route Upload a new photo for this route | |||
4 - Right Hand Path
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IV 4aLength: 120m Iain Miller 13/01/10 Climb the very steep and very unforgiving fall immediately to the right of "Morbid Angel." View Route Edit Route Upload a new photo for this route | |||
5 - Right Corner
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III Length: 50m K McGee, P Tinney, D Millar 23/12/10 Ascend the ice steps to the right of Right Hand Path and climb the steep pillar of ice in the corner. Continue up the next step and then move a few metres left to climb the final step. View Route Edit Route Upload a new photo for this route | |||
6 - Sruhancrolee Falls
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II Length: 100m Iain Miller 13/01/10 Grid Ref B922136. Climb this excellent easy angled slabby fall through several short steep steps to a final very cheeky steep finish and into "The Valley of Jack" river bed finish. View Route Edit Route Upload a new photo for this route | |||
7 - Sruhancrolee Smear
Length: 100m Iain Miller 13/01/10 Climb the full crag height ice smear, approx. 100m to the North East of the Sruhancrolee Falls. View Route Edit Route Upload a new photo for this route | |||
8 - The Centre Fall
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II Length: 80m Iain Miller 25/12/09 Scardangal Waterfalls @ Grid Ref B927136, Climb the main fall up the centre of the broad lower slabs, through two wee steepenings to the pool/skating rink at the base of the short steep upper fall. Climb the upper fall to salvation! A grade of Water Ice 2 would be in order. :-) View Route Edit Route Upload a new photo for this route | |||
9 - The Right Fall
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II Length: 80m Iain Miller 25/12/09 Scardangal Falls Grid Ref B927136, Climb the slimmer right hand fall up the broad lower slab to the pool/ice rink at the base of the steep upper fall. Climb the steep upper fall to salvation. HURRA! A grade of Water Ice 2 for this climb. View Route Edit Route Upload a new photo for this route | |||
10 - Square Cut Gully
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III 3cLength: 140m Iain Miller 22/12/10 Grid Ref B934135. Climb the most obvious huge gully on this crag, clearly seen from the last farmhouse on the "main" road. This is an outstanding climb under winter conditions, mainly Grade II climbing with a most definite steep ice pitch at 2/3 height. View Route Edit Route Upload a new photo for this route | |||