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| Looking up at CIC ice falls, Carn Dearg Buttress to Castle Ridge |
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Winter MountaineeringToday Jan and Jeff were keen to take time to learn a little about ice climbing and more specifically, alternately leading themselves up ice, placing protection and making belays. We headed up towards the Ben and found the CIC icefalls looking good, and currently being climbed in many places. The Gulch has a lot of solid ice and can be climbed from about grade 0.5 up to about IV. The day was one of the best on the Ben for a while, and yet it was pretty quiet. One reason for this was the Ben track. Our minibus didn't make it. I think you need 4 winter tyres or a 4x4 or both at the moment - or a slightly longer walk from lower down, like us today. Lots of ice routes around CIC were being climbed today as well as Tower Ridge, Number 5 gully and Ledge Route.
Jan and Jeff lead a few pitches doing all the work themselves and finally abseiled off an ice abseil to finish one of their first independent leads. Well done.
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| CIC ice fall |
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| Number 2 Gully, Comb, Number 3 Gully Buttress |
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| Falls to the RHS of the main fall. All climbed today |
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| Further right |
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| Ice around the approach to Castle Ridge |
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| Compression Crack |
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| Waterfall Gully |
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| Waterfall Gully |
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| Point 5 Gully |
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| Number 3 Gully and Creag Coire Na Ciste |
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| Jeff placing screws into thick solid ice |
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| CIC Gulch Ice |
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| Jeff making his way up towards his ice belay |
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| Ice fall below Number 5 Gully, and the start of the Curtain |
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