Ordinary Route, SCNL

Summit Buttress with Ordinary Route (IV,5) starting from the bottom

On Saturday Lena and I finally got a chance to get out and do a climb. With the conditions at the moment we had choices fairly open to us, but we knew that we didn't want to queue, so we wanted to keep away from some of the more obvious climbs. We headed for Stob Coire nan Lochan in Glencoe and after a quick discussion, looking for something to swing leads on, we chose Ordinary Route on the Summit Buttress. There were only a few other teams about in the Twisting area, SC and Dorsal.

The weather was fantastic and the climbing was very good. The snow is in great condition, but we did find some poor slab patches - SAIS have it right.

Central Buttress

Pitch 1 of Ordinary Route

Looking down pitch 1

Near the end of pitch 1, Lena coming to the belay

Lena sets off on pitch 2

Lena on pitch 4

Lena and Ben