Colmcille Climbers

Step onto boulder in a small niche, arrange slings round dubious looking pair of flakes; climb up and finish up left trending ramp/corner.

To the right of Flakes, on the face there's a slab and erm well...a crack. Route goes...I'll let you work it out! On-sight solo, then cleaned.

Leftmost crack and everything left of it. Situated at left hand end of Whin Buttress.

R.hand side of butress.

Central line up Buttress between main crack and r. hand corner.

Line between up main crack and face, not using the high corner. "Removal of lots of whins on this buttress led to it's present cleaned condition..it was painful!"

At the left hand of the crag there is a sentinel, start below this at a fine crack and a detatched block climb these, at the top go for exposed face/top out to the left.

Climb crack at left of the overhang, gain a wider crack then up left to corner leading to the top.

Takes the deep crack through overhang 3m right of February Freeze-up. Only for the slender figure.

The gash in the overhang right of 'Anorexia' and left of 'How Do Chimney'. Make some moves up to a ledge. Advance upwards with difficultly to a good hand hold and a large nut, continue bridging to a flat hold high on the right; difficulties are over for the time being when you get stood on this.

Left of 'Scratch' is a left facing corner, climb up this, step out onto right-hand buttress to gain bottomless chimney. Tougher than it looked.

Start: At detached pinnacle about 5m right of Anorexia. Climb short steep wall to cleaned ledge. Up easily to long ledge. Step right to twin cracks, up these to top.

Start: To the right of Scratch, a variety of routes lead easily to the foot of a crescent shaped crack. Climb this to the top.

Dynamic climbing up the overhanging arete to the left of 'Tiger Balm', using undercuts and spikes.

Right of the left crag there is a short bulging face. This takes the steep corner at the right hand side.

Five Metres left of "Ivy Slalom" the slab is split by a big easy off-width. Climb this, and up corner above to ledge, and up right to the top.

The route at the right edge of the white slab.

1 m right of the white slab, and just left of the overhangs, is a right-angled corner which is climbed. Continue up easier ground to a wall right of short gully. Climb wall on small but good holds. A good climb.

*Left arete goes at about 5a. *Wall with sharp pocket, left of I.S.'s start also about 5a.

*HVS 5b Highball, 2m r. of I.S. are a pair of parallel cracks, undercut at base, pull up these onto face and go up to broken ledge; gear is minimal

Start at the corner/groove right of Ivy Slalom. Climb easily up to the big break below the overhang. Climb up through the groove above on unfriendly jams (crux).

As for 'Egg and Spoon Race' until a step right can be made onto the toe of the slab on the right. A diagonally-rising-traverse goes up to a shallow corner, continue rightwards to gain the horizontal break; finish as for 'Pretty and Pink'.

Between Egg and Spoon Race and Peewee Runt, and with difficulty, place small nuts in opposition and move up with aid of small crack about 1 m left of 'Peewee'to claim slab. Continue to break and move leftward through weakness in overhang to top.

This route climbs through the triangular niche at the right-hand side of the overhang, left of Snakes and Ladders. Start as for Snakes and Ladders. Go up the short slab, and then up the awkward crack on the left to a rest below the overhang. Climb on awkwardly through the niche on poor finger-locks to the top

Climb the slab avoiding the overhangs by slipping rightwards through the keyhole and out onto spike. Step out left and pull up to finish (crux).

The slab of "Snakes & Ladders" and up into corner before traversing left below the overhangs all the way across to the top of 'Ivy Slalom's' start.

This goes up the arete and rib at the right-hand side of the crag.

The first route climbs the wall left of the taller, left-hand corner. "The Hillwalker Strikes Back",starts at the centre of the steep, clean wall left of the higher corner. Move up past cracks to gain the left-hand edge of the ramp of the corner (crux). Continue up the edge and climb the wall above on good holds and jams to gain an exposed arete. Climb the arete over steps, the first one being dubious, to the top.

This route climbs the left-hand corner. Float up it until it becomes vertical just below a dubiouslooking spike. Move up left of the spike and step across right onto a ledge to finish. Good route, and probably the only one worth doing in this part of the cliff.

The shorter right-hand corner.

This rips up the short, steep wall right of Verdance.

Start in the next corner left (East) of Black Perception.  Climb the middle of the slab using a fairly well defined groove, veer left, and exit the slab at an obvious point, to a good belay just above, on the heather.  Continue up to a steep wall split by an obvious crack.  Dynamic climbing on good holds and protection lead to the top.  Belay stake in place.

Start in the leftmost of the three corners, just right of Dusty Dream.  Climb the corner and move right using dynamic high pockets and side pulls to gain a slanting ledge (crux).  Continue up more easily through broad chimney to final slighly overhanging tower, which is ascended on good positive holds and rock.