Colmcille Climbers

A direct line up the left flank of the A Buttress. 'A good climb' with technical difficulties left to the penultimate pitch. Make a good study of route as there are discrepancies between original description and later guides (to be checked).

1.30m Climb crack/chimney for approx 6m, then short wall above to large heather ledge with good belay.

2.27m From ledge climb left over a big block into corner. Climb round corner, traverse slightly right to arete; climb up to stance on arete beneath overhang. Belay.

3.45m Continue up buttress edge for 5m, pass the overhang by moving left round corner to blocks and follow centrally to thin crack above. Move back right to arete, climb up to belay at back of terrace.

4.5m The left hand wall of the buttress contains a thin crack, leading to an open-chimney, climb this to last 3m of buttress. Follow edge to a holly tree(Original 1959 Description).

OR Avoid final short wall by diagonally traversing right then back left to top (1985 guide).