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Crag Profile: Glascairns Hill |
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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: Turn left after Reelin Bridge, on the Ballybofey Glenties road, and park in forest (about 6 miles). Glascairns slabs are across the valley. OS Grid Reference: G982925 Click here to view location in Google Maps |
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01 - Friction Addiction
Length: 30m Alan Tees, Robert Wray, Uel Hamilton 13/05/81 Towards the left hand edge of the slabs and just below an impressive vertical is a slab criss crossed with grooves. This route takes the cleaned groove from the bottom left to extreme top. View Route Edit Route Upload a new photo for this route | |||
02 - Big Slabber
VD -Length: 60m Brian McDermott, S.Hamilton, A.Tees, R. Smith ,I. Baird 9/11/80 At the lowest point of the slabs, climb an eroded pockled groove to gain a band of vegetation. The route becomes rambling and vegetated above. View Route Edit Route Upload a new photo for this route | |||
03 - Brisdeadh na Uisnach
Length: 60m B.McDermott, G.Ellis, T.McColgan 5/08/82 There is a narrow steep slab/buttress immediately right of the top of the first pitch of Big Slabber. Climb a rightward trending crack to a ledge high up. Mainly friction on short, frequently wet, upper pitch, or exit to right. View Route Edit Route Upload a new photo for this route | |||
04 - Gasan Gaoil
Length: 60m B.McDermott, G.Ellis, T.McColgan 5/08/82 1/. 30m Climb the clean arete approx 10m right of "Brisdeadh" for 6m and trend right onto clean rock ledges, up and right past a large boulder to a ledge at the base of a 4m blank wall. Climb this on its left and right over a wet ledge, to a large flake. 2/.30m Move right onto a blank slab, over an obvious overlap and left into a corner (As in Brisdeadh). Up right to boulders to belay. View Route Edit Route Upload a new photo for this route | |||
05 - Split Arete
Length: 6m Dave Millar This little number actually climbs the arete of a boulder 400m down the valley from the main slabs. The boulder is about 20ft high, is split in half and has an obvious curving arete next to the main stream.
A bouldering mat was used on the ascent. Climb the obvious 20ft curving arete by stepping onto a small horizontal edge initially and then off a good pebble. Continue upwards using toe hooks on the arete and smears. Holds improve towards the top. View Route Edit Route Upload a new photo for this route | |||
06 - Glas Slipper
Length: 250m Bill Magowan, Alan Tees
Winter Grade II or III. This takes the small stream that spills out of Hidden Gully, and down the slabs. Two pitches up the slabs,lead to a series of steps (III), and into the gully. Two more pleasent pitches to final step View Route Edit Route Upload a new photo for this route | |||
